աղեղ

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian աղեղն (ałełn).

Noun

աղեղ (aġeġ)

  1. bow, longbow
  2. (geometry) arc, arch
  3. (music) fiddlestick
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian աղեղ (aġeġ), from Persian عقیق ('aqiq), from Arabic عَقِيق (ʕaqīq).

Noun

աղեղ (aġeġ) (dialectal)

  1. agate (gem)
    Synonym: ագաթ (agatʻ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani page 6:
      աղեխ․ ակաթայ
      aġex; akatʻay
      աղեխ (aġex) = agata
Declension
Alternative forms

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 215

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աղեղ”, 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 126a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “աղեղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “աղեղ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan