آگاه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾkʾs /⁠āgāh⁠/, “aware, knowing”), ultimately a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see; to look”). Cognate with Old Armenian ակահ (akah), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

آگاه • (âgâh)

1. aware, knowing

Derived terms

• دژآگاه (dožāgāh)
• کارآگاه (kârâgâh)

Related terms

• نگاه (nigâh, “look, glance”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: اكاه (âgâh)
  • Turkish: agâh
  • → Middle Armenian: ակեահ (akeah)
• → Chagatai: [script needed] (āgāh)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ակահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 94
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آگاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul