See also: Արեգ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արեգ (areg).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

արեգ (areg)

  1. (rare, poetic) the sun
    Synonyms: արեւ (arew), արեգակ (aregak)
  2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An old genitive of արեւ (arew), according to Martirosyan going back to Proto-Armenian *areg-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r(e)w-y-ós, the genitive of *h₂réw-ōy- (sun, sunshine), whence արեւ (arew).[1][2][3][4]

Adjective edit

արեգ (areg)

  1. solar, sun's
    Արեգ քաղաքAreg kʿałakʿcity of the Sun, Heliopolis
  2. eastern
    ի յարեգ կուսէi yareg kusēfrom the eastern side
    արեգ դուռնareg duṙnthe eastern gate

Usage notes edit

Has the combining forms արեգ- (areg-) and արեգ-ն-ա- (areg-n-a-).

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

արեգ (areg)

  1. the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: արեգ (areg) (learned)
  • ? Old Georgian: იგრიკაჲ (igriḳay)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “արեգ”, 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. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 9
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*areg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 135

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “արեգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արեգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1749) “արեգ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[2] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 103a