արջ

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Armenian[edit]

արջ

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian արջ (arǰ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

արջ (arǰ)

  1. bear
    արջի ծառայություն մատուցելarǰi caṙayutʻyun matucʻelto cause harm while (purportedly) trying to help someone (literally, “to give a bear's service”)
    արջը կապելarǰə kapelto deceive, to hoodwink (literally, “to tie the bear”)

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Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (bear).[1][2][3] The irregular -ջ- (-ǰ-) is probably to be explained by taboo or an influence of արջն (arǰn, black).[3]

Noun[edit]

արջ (arǰ)

  1. bear
    արջ մատակarǰ matakshe-bear
    կորիւն արջուkoriwn arǰubear's cub
  2. (astronomy) Ursa
    Մեծ ԱրջMec ArǰUrsa Major
    Փոքր ԱրջPʻokʻr ArǰUrsa Minor
  3. carpenter's tool used in smoothing surfaces

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: արջ (arǰ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. 3.0 3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 143

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy