լղար

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian լաղար (laġar), from Persian لاغر (lâğar).

Pronunciation

Adjective

լղար • (lġar) (superlative ամենալղար) (dialectal)

  1. lean, gaunt, skinny
    Synonym: նիհար (nihar)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 25:[1]
      լղար․ մակրօ
      lġar; makrō
      լղար (lġar) = magro

Declension

Derived terms

  • լղարել (lġarel)
  • լղարիկ (lġarik)
  • լղարություն (lġarutʻyun)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 226

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լղար”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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