Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian էջ (ēǰ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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էջ (ēǰ)

  1. page
  2. (geometry) cathetus
  3. descent, going down

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the root of իջանեմ (iǰanem).

Noun

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էջ (ēǰ)

  1. descent, going down
    էջս առնելēǰs aṙnelto descend, to go down
    էջս եւ ելս առնելēǰs ew els aṙnelto go up and down
    էջ սնդկի ի ծանրաչափիēǰ sndki i canračʻapʻifalling of the mercury
  2. page (of a book), column
    ահա գեղապանծ էջ կենաց նորաaha gełapanc ēǰ kenacʻ norathis is the brightest page in his life

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: էջք (ēǰkʻ)
  • Armenian: էջ (ēǰ) (learned)
  • Middle Georgian: ეჯი (eǯi)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “էջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “էջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “էջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press