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Old Armenian
Etymology
The original spelling is աւգն (awgn), from Parthian *abi-gūna-, ultimately from the preverb Proto-Iranian *Habí- with the root *gaw- (“to increase”), whence Avestan 𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬌 (gūnaoti, “to increase”). Related to օգուտ (ōgut).
Noun
օգն • (ōgn) indeclinable
- help, aid, assistance, succour
- յօգն գալ, հասանել ― yōgn gal, hasanel ― to help, aid or succour a person
- յօգն կոչել ― yōgn kočʻel ― to call for help
Usage notes
Always used in singular prepositional accusative form յօգն (yōgn).
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Benveniste, Émile (1964) “Éléments parthes en arménien”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes. Nouvelle série (in French), volume 1, pages 3–4
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 112–113
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “օգն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy