առիճ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- առինճ (aṙinč)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from the preposition առ (aṙ, “at, to, near by, before, etc.”) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Armenian *(h)ič- (“site, settlement”), a derivative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).
Noun
առիճ • (aṙič)
- village, settlement
- Արջոյ առիճ ― Arǰoy aṙič ― a certain placename
- խաղտոյ առիճ ― xałtoy aṙič ― a certain placename
Usage notes
The word is attested only in a number of place-names.
Derived terms
- Բագայառիճ (Bagayaṙič)
- Բագայառինճ (Bagayaṙinč)
- Գուկառինճ (Gukaṙinč)
- Լուսաթառիճ (Lusatʻaṙič)
- Խոկառինճ (Xokaṙinč)
- Կթառիճ (Ktʻaṙič)
Descendants
- Armenian: Առինջ (Aṙinǰ)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aṙič”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 111