արջ

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Armenian

արջ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian արջ (arǰ).

Pronunciation

Noun

արջ (arǰ)

  1. bear
    արջի ծառայություն մատուցելarǰi caṙayutʻyun matucʻelto cause harm while (purportedly) trying to help someone (literally, “to give a bear's service”)
    արջը կապելarǰə kapelto deceive, to hoodwink (literally, “to tie the bear”)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (bear). The irregular -ջ- (-ǰ-) is probably to be explained by taboo or an influence of արջն (arǰn, black).

Noun

արջ (arǰ)

  1. bear
    արջ մատակarǰ matakshe-bear
    կորիւն արջուkoriwn arǰubear's cub
  2. (astronomy) Ursa
    Մեծ ԱրջMec ArǰUrsa Major
    Փոքր ԱրջPʻokʻr ArǰUrsa Minor
  3. carpenter's tool used in smoothing surfaces

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: արջ (arǰ)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. 3.0 3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 143

Further reading

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