Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հագագ (hagag).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հագագ (hagag)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) glottis
  2. (archaic, grammar) aspiration
  3. (dialectal) breath, respiration

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of the root *հագ (*hag) of uncertain origin.

Noun edit

հագագ (hagag)

  1. breath, respiration
  2. throat, gullet, larynx
  3. (grammar) aspiration
  4. pronunciation

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հագագ (hagag)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հագագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հագագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հագագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press