աշուղ

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Armenian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq), according to Sevortjan (apud Anikin) mediated specifically by Kipchak asuch (/⁠*ašuq⁠/) attested in Codex Cumanicus.

Pronunciation

Noun

աշուղ (ašuġ)

  1. ashugh
    Synonym: գուսան (gusan)
  2. (obsolete) lover

Usage notes

Starting from 1970s the Armenian աշուղ (ašuġ) were consciously renamed գուսան (gusan), a revived Old Armenian word, because the former name had acquired pejorative connotations.

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative աշուղ (ašuġ) աշուղներ (ašuġner)
dative աշուղի (ašuġi) աշուղների (ašuġneri)
ablative աշուղից (ašuġicʻ) աշուղներից (ašuġnericʻ)
instrumental աշուղով (ašuġov) աշուղներով (ašuġnerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative աշուղը/աշուղն (ašuġə/ašuġn) աշուղները/աշուղներն (ašuġnerə/ašuġnern)
dative աշուղին (ašuġin) աշուղներին (ašuġnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative աշուղս (ašuġs) աշուղներս (ašuġners)
dative աշուղիս (ašuġis) աշուղներիս (ašuġneris)
ablative աշուղիցս (ašuġicʻs) աշուղներիցս (ašuġnericʻs)
instrumental աշուղովս (ašuġovs) աշուղներովս (ašuġnerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative աշուղդ (ašuġd) աշուղներդ (ašuġnerd)
dative աշուղիդ (ašuġid) աշուղներիդ (ašuġnerid)
ablative աշուղիցդ (ašuġicʻd) աշուղներիցդ (ašuġnericʻd)
instrumental աշուղովդ (ašuġovd) աշուղներովդ (ašuġnerovd)
locative

Descendants

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 214

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 629b
  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашуг”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 355
  • Tʻahmizyan N. (1974) “աշուղ”, in Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʻyun, page 494a