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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian իղձ (iłj)
Pronunciation
Noun
իղձ • (iġj)
- (literary) desire, wish
Declension
Synonyms
Old Armenian
Etymology
Likely inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁iǵʰ-l- by metathesis, a derivative of *h₁eyǵʰ-. First etymologized by Tērvišean.
Noun
իղձ • (iłj)
- desire, wish
- իղձ լինել ― iłj linel ― to wish for, to envy, to covet, to desire eagerly, to burn with envy, with impatience
- լնուլ զիղձս իւր ― lnul ziłjs iwr ― to satisfy one's desire, one's curiosity
- prayer
- magician, sorcerer, foreteller of events
- guessing, divination, prophecy
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: իղձ (iġj) (learned)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “իղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 240–241
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 301
- Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, pages 60–61
- Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 129
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Viredaz, Rémy (2018–2019) “Occlusive + *r, *l en arménien : exceptions à la métathèse”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 38, page 17