𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

Originally meaning "endowed with generative power", from vazra-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाज (vā́ja, “strength, vigor, energy”), वज्र (vájra, “Indra's thunderbolt, a symbol of generative force”), Latin vigeō (“to thrive”), vegeō (“to quicken, arouse”) and Old English wacan, wacian (English wake).

Adjective

𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (vazạrka)

great
𐎲𐎥 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 ― baga vazạrka Auramazdā ― Great is the god Ahura Mazda
big

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢‎ (wuzurg)
- Persian: بزرگ‎ (bozorg)
- → Old Armenian: վզուրկ (vzurk)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 660f

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