աղախին

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Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian աղախին (ałaxin), which see it for more.

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աղախին  (ałaxin)

  1. maidservant, housemaid, maid

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Hurrian  (al(l)a(e)ḫḫe/inne-, keeper of that which pertains to the lord of the house/family), composed of *all-ae (lady or lord (of the house)), from the root *all- (to be lord of, to rule), +  (-ḫḫe, possessive adjective suffix) +  (-(i)nne, suffix of names of professions and similar). The borrowing may be from an Urartian cognate. Also from Hurrian are Akkadian  (ala(ḫ)ḫinnu, a kind of serving girl of the temple personnel) and Aramaic  (ləḥentā, serving girl, concubine). See also աղխ (ałx).

Noun [edit]

աղախին  (ałaxin)  (singular genitive աղախնոյ, plural genitive աղախնաց or աղախնայց or աղախնանց)

  1. maidservant, housekeeper
  2. female slave
  3. nurserymaid, child's maid

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