Երասխ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian Երասխ; see it for more.

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Երասխ  (Erasx)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Araks river

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Iranian *Raxsā- (swift-flowing) from *ra(n)g- (to move swiftly); compare Sanskrit रङ्घते (raṅghate, to hasten, run). Adopted by Armenians in the 7–6th century BC, during intensive contacts with the Median Empire. Old Georgian რახსი (Raxsi) and Ancient Greek Ἀράξης are from Iranian as well.

Proper noun [edit]

Երասխ  (Erasx)  (singular genitive Երասխայ)

  1. Araks

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References [edit]

  • Երասխ in Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), Baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui: Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • Анаит Периханян (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Издадельство НАН РА), on page 12