Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian առէջ (aṙēǰ). For the botanical sense “stamen” compare Latin stamen (warp in an upright loom, thread).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

առէջ (aṙēǰ)

  1. threads running along the length of cloth, warp
  2. (botany) stamen
  3. twigs that are used to make the basic woven framework of baskets
  4. shuttle
  5. spindle
  6. cylindrical part of the loom made of a reed

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From առ (aṙ) +‎ էջ- (ēǰ-), the root of իջանեմ (iǰanem, to go down); the threads gradually go down during the weaving process.

Noun edit

առէջ (aṙēǰ)

  1. threads running along the length of cloth, warp (figuratively also used for a spider web)

Declension edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առէջ (aṙēǰ), առէջք (aṙēǰkʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առէջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առէջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առէջ”, 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) “aṙēǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 110