Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian լայեխ (layex), լայէխ (layēx), լայեղ (layeġ), from Arabic لَائِق (lāʔiq). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish لایق (layık).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

լայաղ (layaġ) (dialectal)

  1. worthy
    Synonyms: վայել (vayel), արժանի (aržani)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 26:[1]
      լայեղ․ տէնեօ
      layeġ; tēneō
      լայեղ (layeġ) = degno

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 226

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լայէխ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages