աջ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian աջ ().

Pronunciation

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Adjective

աջ () (superlative ամենաաջ)

  1. (of direction) right, not left

Declension

Antonyms

Noun

աջ ()

  1. right, the right side
  2. the right hand

Declension

Adverb

աջ ()

  1. to the right (of)
    ինձնից աջinjnicʻ aǰto my right, on my right

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sHdʰ-yo- or *seh₂dʰ-yo- (successful); cognates include Sanskrit साध्य (sādhyá), साधु (sādhú, straight, right), Avestan 𐬵𐬁𐬛𐬭𐬋𐬫𐬁 (hādrōyā, desire to achieve the goal), perhaps also Ancient Greek ἰθύς (ithús).

Noun

աջ ()

  1. right
  2. right hand
  3. (post-Classical) the hand (left or right) of a saint or a holy man as a relic

Declension

Adjective

աջ ()

  1. right

Usage notes

In compounds the word has also the meanings of “lucky, good” (common development in many languages) and “progress, going forward”. Compare յ-աջ-ող (y-aǰ-oł) for the first and առ-աջ (aṙ-aǰ) for the second.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: աջ ()

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 99

Further reading

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