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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek γαλεάγρα (galeágra). Some forms are probably contaminated with գիւղ (giwł, village).

Noun edit

գառագիղ (gaṙagił)

  1. cage for animals
  2. (figuratively) prison

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գառագեղ (gaṙageġ) (learned)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գառագիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 518–519
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գառագեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 530a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “գառագիռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui. Mnacʻordkʻ noragiwt baṙicʻ ew vkayutʻeancʻ yawurs [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Newly-Discovered Words and Attestations] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1048c
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 344
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 455, page 33
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 923
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գառագեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 112a