թազի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թա̈զի (tʻäzi), թա̈րզի (tʻärzi) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Armenian թազի (tʻazi), from Persian تازی (tāzī, “Arabian; greyhound”). Compare Turkish tazı.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /tʰɑˈzi/ [tʰɑzí]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /tɑˈzi/ [tʰɑzí]
  • Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

Noun

թազի • (tʻazi)

  1. (zoology) greyhound, sighthound (a breed of hunting dog)
    Synonyms: բարակ (barak), արագավազ (aragavaz)
  2. (figurative) a very thin, skinny person (resembling a greyhound)

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