Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From յ- (y-) +‎ աչք (ačʻkʻ) +‎ -աղ (-ał).

Noun edit

յաչաղ (yačʻał)

  1. evil eye, giving an evil eye, fascination, charm
  2. envy, rancour, ill-will

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հաչաղ (hačʻaġ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յաչաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աղ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48