# գազ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɡɑz/, [ɡɑz]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /kɑz/, [kʰɑz]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gaz. Reinforced by Russian газ (gaz). The sense “gas pedal” is a semantic loan from Russian газ (gaz).

#### Noun

գազ • (gaz)
* gas (state of matter)
* (informal) natural gas
* (informal) gas pedal, accelerator
    Synonym: արագարար (aragarar)

##### Alternative forms

* կազ (kaz) — Western Armenian

##### Derived terms

* ազնիվ գազ (azniv gaz)
* ածխաթթու գազ (acxatʻtʻu gaz)
* արցունքաբեր գազ (arcʻunkʻaber gaz)
* գազալցակայան (gazalcʻakayan)
* գազային (gazayin)
* գազավորել (gazavorel)
* գազավորված (gazavorvac)
* գազօջախ (gazōǰax)
* իներտ գազ (inert gaz)

#### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “կազ”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 99

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian گز (gaz, “cubit, a length of 24 finger-breadths, or six hands”).

#### Noun

գազ • (gaz)
* (archaic) cubit (measure of length equal to 112 cm)
** ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 13:գազ․ պռացօgaz; pṙacʻōգազ (gaz) = braccio

##### Declension
#### References

* ↑ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 219

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 497b
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 124
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “գազ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 402a
* Hovhannes J̌uġayecʻi (1984) Xačʻikyan L. S., Pʻapʻazyan H. D., editors, Hovhannes Ter-Davtʻyan J̌uġayecʻu hašvetumarə [The Account Book of Hovhannes Ter-Davtyan from Julfa] (Tntesakan patmutʻyan vaveragrer; 1) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 370

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Armenian գազ (gaz).

#### Noun

գազ • (gaz)
* milkvetch (Astragalus gen. et spp.)

##### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (gc /⁠gaz⁠/, “tamarisk”), Persian گز (gaz, “tamarisk; milkvetch”).

### Noun

գազ • (gaz)
* milkvetch (Astragalus spp.)

#### Derived terms

* գազիխէժ (gazixēž)
* գազիխիժ (gazixiž)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: գազ (gaz)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 497ab, hesitant to accept the Iranian origin, being unaware that گز (gaz) means "milk-vetch" in addition to "tamarisk"
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 177
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy