Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian որոգայթ (orogaytʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

  1. (somewhat formal) snare, trap

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. The second part may be գայթ (gaytʻ, delusion; trap).

Noun edit

որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

  1. snare, trap
    անկանել յորոգայթankanel yorogaytʻto fall into a snare
    լարել զորոգայթ եւ ի նոյն հարկանիլ, շաղիլlarel zorogaytʻ ew i noyn harkanil, šałilto fall into one's own snares
    որոգայթ դնել ումեք բանիւքorogaytʻ dnel umekʻ baniwkʻto convict a person by his own words

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: որոգայթ (orogaytʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որոգայթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որոգայթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “որոգայթ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 386
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 63