Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ագի (agi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ագի (agi)

  1. (archaic) tail
  2. (archaic) lap of women’s dress

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Martirosyan reconstructs the earlier form as *հագի (*hagi) with the basic meaning of “edge”, connects the word with հաւ (haw, beginning) and derives both from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)h₂w-.

Noun edit

ագի (agi)

  1. tail

Usage notes edit

The unattested sense “penis” is proven by ագ-ատ (ag-at, whose penis is cut off)

Declension edit

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Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ագի (agi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ագի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ագի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ագի”, 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) “agi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 5