հագնի

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հագնի (hagni), from Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos, chaste tree).

Pronunciation

Noun

հագնի • (hagni)

  1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos, chaste tree) + (-i). Entered through the translation of the Bible. For հ- (h-) compare the tree-name's association with ἁγνός (hagnós, chaste).

Noun

հագնի • (hagni)

  1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հագնի (hagni)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հագնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հագնի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հագնի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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