աղքատ

From Old Armenian աղքատ (ałkʻat).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑχˈkʰɑt/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑχˈkɑd/,

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աղքատ • (aġkʻat) (superlative ամենաաղքատ)

1. poor, indigent

   Synonyms: չքավոր (čʻkʻavor), քյասիբ (kʻyasib)

   աղքատ մարդ ― aġkʻat mard ― poor man

2. scant, scanty, poor, pathetic; meagre, wretched

   աղքատ բուսականություն ― aġkʻat busakanutʻyun ― sparse vegetation

աղքատ • (aġkʻat)

1. poor man, pauper

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *oliko-, from *h₃léyg- (“indigent, needy, ill”) + -ատ (-at), with such cognates as Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos, “few, little”), λοιγός (loigós, “disaster”), Old Irish liach (“miserable”), Old Prussian licuts (“little”), Lithuanian liẽknas (“slim”), ligà (“illness”), Albanian lig (“evil, bad”).^[1][2]

But Martirosyan prefers a derivation from *աղխհատ (*ałxhat, “devoided of properties, having no possessions”), composed of աղխ (ałx) +‎ -ատ (-at).^[3]

աղքատ • (ałkʻat)

1. poor, indigent, needy, beggarly
2. miserable
3. bereft, destitute, necessitous
4. low, humble, contemptible

աղքատ • (ałkʻat)

1. beggar, mendicant, pauper

• Armenian: աղքատ (aġkʻat)
• → Old Georgian: ალქატი (alkaṭi)
  • Georgian: ალქატი (alkaṭi)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղքատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղքատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy