From Proto-Slavic *orǫžьje. Morphologically formed as о- (o-) + Proto-Slavic *rǫgъ (“offence”) + -ие (-ie).
оръ́жие • (orǎ́žie) n
- weapon
- (figuratively) instrument
- ръ́гам (rǎ́gam, “to prick, to stab”)
- руга́я (rugája, “to cuss, to swear”)
- “оръжие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “оръжие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010