ագահ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian ագահ (agah).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ագահ (agah) (superlative ամենաագահ)

  1. avaricious, covetous, greedy
  2. gluttonous, insatiable
  3. miserly, parsimonious, stingy
  4. (colloquial) craving, hankering, yearning

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, probably ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ā-gr̥d-: compare Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (gərəδa, greedy), Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛdhra, desiring greedily or fervently; vulture), as well as the Iranian loanwords – Old Georgian ანგაჰრი (angahri), Georgian ანგარი (angari, avaricious).[1][2][3]

Adjective

ագահ (agah)

  1. avaricious, greedy
    դժոխային ագահdžoxayin agahvery greedy, insatiably avaricious

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ագահ (agah)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ագահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (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) “ագահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 474
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ագահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References

  1. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 512
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ագահ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 19b
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 862