նաւազ

From Parthian nʾwʾz‎ (nāwāz, “skipper”), from Iranian *nau- (“ship”) + *az- (“to drive, to lead”); the first is cognate with նաւ (naw), the second with ածեմ (acem). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀‎ (nauuāza-, “skipper”) and Sanskrit नावाज (nāvājá-, “skipper, boatman”).

նաւազ • (nawaz)

1. seaman, boatman

• Armenian: նավազ (navaz)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նաւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նաւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “նաւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 57
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 500