եղեռն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղեռն (ełeṙn, calamity). According to Ačaṙyan, the sense of "crime" is a modern literary development.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

եղեռն (eġeṙn)

  1. crime, evil deed
  2. (archaic) calamity, catastrophe, disaster
  3. (sometimes capitalized) Meds Yeghern
  4. (by extension) any massacre, slaughter

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References[edit]

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “եղեռն”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ačaṙyan rejects the proposals to link with եղար (ełar, lamentation) and leaves the origin open. According to Pokorny, inherited from the Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (to destroy). This is accepted by Ałayan and J̌ahukyan.

Noun[edit]

եղեռն (ełeṙn)

  1. calamity, catastrophe, disaster
    եղեռն գտանելełeṙn gtanelto experience misfortune, losses; to risk, to be in danger

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: եղեռն (eġeṙn) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղեռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “եղեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) “եղեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 17ab
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 17–18
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 121