ագարակ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian ագարակ (agarak); see it for more.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

ագարակ  (agarak)

  1. farm, farmstead
  2. (archaic) arable land
  3. (historical) landed estate

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

  • ագարակ in Ēduard Ałayan (1976), Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Hayastan publishing house)
  • ագարակ in Stepʿan Malxaseancʿ (1944–45), Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran (Yerevan: State Publishing House of Armenian SSR)

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Probably borrowed from an unknown descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Has also been linked with Sumerian  (agar, field). Yet another proposal derives the word from Hurrian  (awari-, field).

Noun [edit]

ագարակ  (agarak)  (singular genitive ագարակի, plural genitive ագարակաց)

  1. landed property; estate, a house with all possessions; village
    ագարակ տեղիք (agarak tełikʿ) — rural or country places

Declension [edit]

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References [edit]

  • ագարակ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • ագարակ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • ագարակ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • “agarak” in Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers), page 4