ուղի

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուղի (ułi). See it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

ուղի (uġi)

  1. way, track, path
  2. railway
  3. passage, duct
  4. (figuratively) journey, voyage
  5. (figuratively) means, way

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ուղ ()post-Classical

Etymology

Inherited from some suffixed zero-grade formation of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, perhaps *h₂uliyo- or — to explain -ղ- (-ł-) instead of -լ- (-l-)*h₂ulnyo-. Among the cognates compare especially Proto-Slavic *ùlica. The unsuffixed stem may be preserved in post-classical ուղ ().

Noun

ուղի (ułi)

  1. road, way, route
  2. journey
    յուղի արկանելyułi arkanelto send on a voyage, to start a person on a journey
    յուղի անկանել, ուղւոյ լինելyułi ankanel, ułwoy linelto set out, to start, to leave, to depart, to go away
  3. passage

Usage notes

In compounds the word is sometimes misspelled as ուղղ- (ułł-) by confusion with ուղիղ (ułił).

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • օղ (ōł) (possibly)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ուղի (uġi) (learned)

References

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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  • Müller, Friedrich (1890) “Armeniaca VI”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 122, page 5
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  • Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9)‎ (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 201–202
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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy