այգի

From Old Armenian այգի (aygi, “grapevine; vineyard”). Western Armenian preserves the sense of “vineyard”, while the Eastern dialect has switched it to any garden in general.

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑjˈɡi/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑjˈki/,

այգի • (aygi)

1. (Western Armenian) vineyard
2. (Eastern Armenian) garden

   Synonym: պարտեզ (partez)

   բուսաբանական այգի ― busabanakan aygi ― botanical garden

   խնձորի այգի ― xnjori aygi ― apple garden

   խաղողի այգի ― xaġoġi aygi ― vineyard

3. (Eastern Armenian) park

   ման գալ այգում ― man gal aygum ― to take a walk in the park

From *այգ (*ayg, “grapes, vine”) +‎ -ի (-i, “botanical suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.^[1][2][3]

այգի • (aygi)

1. grapevine
2. vineyard (land planted with slips of the vine)

   տնկել զայգիս ― tnkel zaygis ― to plant the vineyard

   կթող այգւոյ ― ktʻoł aygwoy ― vintager

   տէր այգւոյ ― tēr aygwoy ― wine-grower, owner or master of the vineyard

   պահապան այգւոյ ― pahapan aygwoy ― keeper or guard of the vineyard

The word has four combining forms: այգե- (ayge-), այգէ- (aygē-), այգա- (ayga-), այգ- (ayg-).

• Armenian: այգի (aygi)
• → Arabic: أَيْك (ʔayk)

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