Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հագնի (hagni), from Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos, chaste tree).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հագնի (hagni)

  1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos, chaste tree) +‎ (-i). Entered through the translation of the Bible. For հ- (h-) compare the tree-name's association with ἁγνός (hagnós, chaste).

Noun edit

հագնի (hagni)

  1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հագնի (hagni)

References edit

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