յորջորջեմ

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of *յորջ- (*yorǰ-), which Martirosyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-wor-ye-, composed of the prefix *h₁en- (in) (whence յ- (y-)) and the ye-present of the root *wer- (to speak).

Verb edit

յորջորջեմ (yorǰorǰem)

  1. (transitive) to name, to call
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be called, named, entitled, etc.
    յորջորջել յանուն ուրուքyorǰorǰel yanun urukʿto bear another's name, to be called after

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հորջորջել (horǰorǰel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “յորջորջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յորջորջեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “յորջորջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 497