աղամ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (to grind). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέω (aléō, to grind), Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, ground), Persian آرد (ârd, flour) and Hindustani: Urdu آٹا (āṭā, flour) / Hindi आटा (āṭā, flour). Related to ալիւր (aliwr) and աղօրի (ałōri).

Verb

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աղամ (ałam)

  1. (transitive) to grind (grain)
  2. (transitive) to pound, to reduce to powder
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to ruminate; to devour

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աղալ (aġal)
  • Georgian: ალატა (alaṭa) (possibly)

References

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  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղամ”, 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) “աղամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 26
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy