Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronoun edit

ինձ (inj)

  1. me
    դու ինձ մի ասա՝ ես ինչ անեմ
    du inj mi asa, es inčʻ anem
    don't tell me what to do

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Armenian ինձ (inj); see below.

Noun edit

ինձ (inj)

  1. generic name for several feline animals such as leopard, panther, etc.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁m(e)-ǵ(ʰ)i. Compare Hittite [script needed] (ammuk), Latin mihī, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺 (mik), Ancient Greek ἐμέγε (emége). The same particle is found in քեզ (kʻez).

Pronoun edit

ինձ (inj)

  1. dative singular of ես (es)
    ոչ լսեն ինձočʻ lsen injthey do not listen to me
    առընթեր ինձaṙəntʻer injnear me
    ասա ինձasa injtell me
    ըղձալի է ինձəłjali ē injI wish
    ոչ եմ ինձ եւ յիսočʻ em inj ew yisI am beside myself, distracted, I am not master of my self-possession, I am driven mad
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: ինձ (inj)

References edit

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 20
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 110

Etymology 2 edit

From dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰo-, whose only other descendant is Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, lion).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

ինձ (inj)

  1. generic name for several feline animals such as leopard, panther, etc.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ինձ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House