Armenian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish عجم (acem), from Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աճեմ (ačem) (traditional orthography spelling աճէմ)

  1. (Istanbul) Persian

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “աճէմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 67

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Armenian *awčémi, from *aug-(y)e-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)ug-(y)e-mi, from *h₂ewg-.[1][2][3] See also աճուկ (ačuk).

Verb

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աճեմ (ačem)

  1. to grow, to increase, to be augmented, to grow tall or stout
  2. to make progress
  3. to vegetate, to sprout, to come up
  4. to be multiplied
  5. to be heightened, to grow upon or out of
  6. to grow dear

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աճել (ačel)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աճել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ačem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 43

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աճեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աճեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy