յորջորջեմ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Reduplication of *յորջ- (*yorǰ-), which Martirosyan derives from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-wor-ye-, composed of the prefix *h₁en- (in) (whence յ- (y-)) and the ye-present of the root *wer- (to speak).

Verb

յորջորջեմ (yorǰorǰem)

  1. (transitive) to name, to call
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be called, named, entitled, etc.
    յորջորջել յանուն ուրուքyorǰorǰel yanun urukʻto bear another's name, to be called after

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: հորջորջել (horǰorǰel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յորջորջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յորջորջեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յորջորջ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 497