բարձաձգութիւն

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

բարձ (barj, seat of honor; dignity) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ձգիմ (jgim, crave) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn, -ing)

Noun edit

բարձաձգութիւն (barjajgutʻiwn)

  1. search of dignity, pursuit of honour
  2. competition, rivalry, ambition

Declension edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարձաձգութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy