գին

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գին (gin).

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Noun[edit]

գին (gin)

  1. price; cost
    Synonym: արժեք (aržekʻ)
    բարձր գինbarjr ginhigh price
    ցածր գինcʻacr ginlow price
    ամեն գնովamen gnovat any price/cost
  2. value, worth
    Synonym: արժեք (aržekʻ)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wesno- (price).

Noun[edit]

գին (gin)

  1. price; value
    գին հատանել, արկանելgin hatanel, arkanelto rate, to appreciate, to value, to estimate, to tax, to set a price on a thing
    անարգ գին հատանելanarg gin hatanelto undervalue
    գնոյ առնուլ, գնոց ստանալgnoy aṙnul, gnocʻ stanalto buy, to purchase for money
    գնոյ ըմպել զջուրgnoy əmpel zǰurto drink water that has cost money
    գնոց գնելgnocʻ gnelto buy dearly
    բարձրացուցանել զգինbarjracʻucʻanel zginto raise, to augment the price
    նուազեցուցանել զգինnuazecʻucʻanel zginto reduce, to lower the price
    վիճել վասն գնոյvičel vasn gnoyto bargain
    սովորական գինsovorakan ginprice-current
    որոշեալ գինorošeal ginno abatement
    գնելով գնեցից ի քէն գնոցgnelov gnecʻicʻ i kʻēn gnocʻI will pay you the price
  2. buying, purchasing
  3. hiring price (for a ship)

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  • Armenian: գին (gin)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 8
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 213