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Old Armenian
Etymology
From *հեգեանայ (*hegeanay), from *հեգիանայ (*hegianay), from Classical Syriac ܗܓܝܢܐ (heḡyānāʾ, “to read, to spell; reading”). Related to հեգ (heg).
Noun
հեգենայ • (hegenay)
- script; alphabet
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեգենայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեգենայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեգենայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press