Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սաղարթ (sałartʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սաղարթ (saġartʻ)

  1. foliage, leafage

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown. Has a shape similar to թակարդ (tʻakard), մակարդ (makard).

Noun

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սաղարթ (sałartʻ)

  1. leaf, leafy branch
  2. (figuratively) long hair

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սաղարթ (saġartʻ) (learned)

See also

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սաղարթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 164–165
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սաղարթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սաղարթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 664–665
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սաղարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 151–152
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “³k̂el-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 552 of 552, 553, with doubt lists under the root *ḱel- (thin shaft, stalk), following Scheftelowitz linking the word with such cognates as Sanskrit शल (ṡalá, staff; dart, spear), शलल (ṡalala, quill of a porcupine), शिल (ṡila, ear of corn), Ancient Greek κῆλον (kêlon, arrow, projectile), Lithuanian šìlas (coniferous forest); -արթ (-artʻ)/-արդ (-ard) then would be a suffix
  • Scheftelowitz, J. (1904) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 28, page 282
  • Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 22
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 18-19