Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ճրագ (črag).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ճրագ (črag)

  1. lamp
  2. (figuratively) luminary

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *čirāg. Compare Persian چراغ (čerâğ), Sogdian [script needed] (črʾγ).

Noun edit

ճրագ (črag)

  1. artificial source of light, candle, flambeau, lamp
    յարդարել զճրագնyardarel zčragnto snuff a candle
    լուցանել զճրագնlucʿanel zčragnto light a candle or a lamp
    շիջուցանել զճրագնšiǰucʿanel zčragnto put out, extinguish or blow out a candle or light
    ճրագ գիշերոյčrag gišeroya very valuable kind of a gem

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ճրագ (črag)
  • Georgian: ჭრაქი (č̣raki)

References edit

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