Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq), according to Sevortjan (apud Anikin) mediated specifically by Kipchak asuch (/⁠*ašuq⁠/) attested in Codex Cumanicus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աշուղ (ašuġ)

  1. ashugh
    Synonym: գուսան (gusan)
  2. (obsolete) lover
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 4:[1]
      աշուղ լինիլ․ ինամօռարսի
      ašuġ linil; inamōṙarsi
      աշուղ լինիլ (ašuġ linil) = innamorarsi

Usage notes edit

Starting from 1970s the Armenian աշուղ (ašuġ) were consciously renamed գուսան (gusan), a revived Old Armenian word, because the former name had acquired pejorative connotations.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • English: ashough, ashugh
  • Georgian: აშუღი (ašuɣi)
  • Russian: ашу́г (ašúg)

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 214

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 629b
  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашуг”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 355
  • Tʻahmizyan N. (1974) “աշուղ”, in Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʻyun, page 494a