աղախին

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղախին (ałaxin).

Pronunciation

Noun

աղախին • (aġaxin)

  1. maidservant, housemaid, maid
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղարավաշ (ġaravaš)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Hurrian 𒇽𒀀𒆷𒄭𒂗𒉡 (LU2a-la-ḫi-en-nu /⁠al(l)a(e)ḫḫe/inne-⁠/, keeper of that which pertains to the lord of the house/family), composed of *all-ae (lady or lord (of the house)), from the root *all- (to be lord of, to rule), + 𒄭 (ḫi /⁠-ḫḫe⁠/, possessive adjective suffix) + 𒂗𒉡 (en-nu /⁠-(i)nne⁠/, suffix of names of professions and similar). The borrowing may be from an Urartian cognate. Also from Hurrian are Akkadian 𒊩𒌓𒄭𒉡𒌅 (alaḫḫinatu, serving girl in the queen's court or of temple personnel) and Aramaic לחנה (/⁠ləḥentā⁠/, serving girl, concubine). See also աղխ (ałx).

Noun

աղախին • (ałaxin)

  1. maidservant, housekeeper
  2. female slave
  3. nurserymaid, child's maid

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղախին (aġaxin) (learned)

References

  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղախին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղախին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղախին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫaxin”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 24
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