վեգ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian վէգ (vēg). The archaic sense "dispute, argument" is a learned borrowing from the same.

Pronunciation

Noun

վեգ • (veg)

  1. knucklebone (especially as used like dice in a game)
  2. (archaic) dispute, argument

Declension

Descendants

  • Cappadocian Greek: βέκας (vékas)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վեգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 334–335
  • Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 76
  • Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “վեգ”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press
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