Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վայրագ (vayrag); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

վայրագ (vayrag) (superlative ամենավայրագ)

  1. ferocious, fierce, wild, savage, inhuman, cruel, barbaric

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From վայր (vayr, uninhabited place) +‎ ագանիմ (aganim, spend the night). The formation corresponds to Ancient Greek ἀγροῖκος (agroîkos).

Adjective edit

վայրագ (vayrag)

  1. living in wild uninhabited places
  2. (by extension) ferocious, fierce, wild, savage, inhuman, cruel

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վայրագ (vayrag)
  • Old Georgian: ვერაგი (veragi)

References edit

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