# բոզ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /boz/, [boz]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /poz/, [pʰoz]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Armenian բոզ (boz), from Old Armenian բոզ (boz).

#### Noun

բոզ • (boz) (vulgar, offensive)
* whore, tart, prostitute
    Synonym: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)
* bitch, slut
* motherfucker, dickhead (strong generic insult)
* (slang) army officer (especially as used by the privates)
* (slang) policeman, police officer

##### Derived terms

* բոզի տղա (bozi tġa)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Armenian պօզ (pōz), from Ottoman Turkish بوز (boz).

#### Adjective

բոզ • (boz) (superlative ամենաբոզ) (dialectal)
* grey
    Synonyms: գորշ (gorš), մոխրագույն (moxraguyn)
** ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 51:պօզ․ պէրէթթինpōz; pērētʻtʻinպօզ (pōz) = beretìn

##### Alternative forms

* պոզ (poz)
* բօզ (bōz), պօզ (pōz) — traditional orthography

#### 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 240

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “պօզ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian բոզ (boz).

### Noun

բոզ • (boz)
* whore, prostitute

#### Derived terms

* բոզանալ (bozanal)
* բոզապերճ (bozaperč)
* բոզատուն (bozatun)
* բոզաւագ (bozawag)
* բոզնալ (boznal)
* բոզտուն (boztun)
* բոզրած (bozrac)
* բոզրածութիւն (bozracutʻiwn)
* բոզրծութիւն (bozrcutʻiwn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: բոզ (boz)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

A Zan borrowing: compare Laz ბოზო (bozo, “girl”) and see it for more. For the sense development “girl” → “whore”, compare French fille (“girl; prostitute”), German Dirne (“girl; prostitute”), Russian девка (devka, “girlie; whore”).

### Noun

բոզ • (boz)
* whore, prostitute, strumpet, streetwalker
** 5th century, Bible, Genesis 34.31:Եւ ասեն․ Իսկ զիա՞րդ զի իբրեւ զբոզ քարշեցին զքոյրն մեր։Ew asen; Isk zia$^?$rd zi ibrew zboz kʻaršecʻin zkʻoyrn mer.But they said, 'Should he treat our sister as a harlot?'

#### Declension

post-classical

#### Synonyms

* ետր (etr)

#### Derived terms

* բոզաբար (bozabar)
* բոզաբոյծ (bozaboyc)
* բոզակաց (bozakacʻ)
* բոզակեաց (bozakeacʻ)
* բոզահոմանի (bozahomani)
* բոզանոց (bozanocʻ)
* բոզապետ (bozapet)
* բոզասէր (bozasēr)
* բոզասպան (bozaspan)
* բոզեան (bozean)
* բոզորդի (bozordi)
* բոզութիւն (bozutʻiwn)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: բոզ (boz)
** Armenian: բոզ (boz)
* → Middle Georgian: ბოზი (bozi)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոզ”, 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 459b
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Gabesḳiria, Šalva (2018) “Šota rustavelis mšobliuri ḳilos saḳitxisatvis „vepxisṭq̇aosnis“ dialekṭizmebis mixedvit [On Shota Rustaveli's native dialect from dialectisms used in "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"]”, in Merab Čuxua, editor, XXXVIII resṗubliḳuri dialekṭologiuri samecniero sesiis masalebi, batumi, 2018 c̣lis 9-10 noemberi (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 20
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 56