աղագ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • եղագ (ełag), եղանգ (ełang)

Etymology

Usually considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3] See Old Georgian ალაგი (alagi) for more.

Noun

աղագ • (ałag)

  1. road, way
  2. (figuratively) way, method

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղաք (aġakʻ)
  • ? Old Georgian: ალაგი (alagi)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աղագ”, 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 117ab
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 958
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աղագ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 33a, remarking that a relation with Akkadian alākum, alaktum is unlikely

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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