Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian օղի (ōłi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

օղի (ōġi)

  1. (Eastern Armenian) vodka
    Synonym: արաղ (araġ)
  2. (Western Armenian) raki, arak

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The original spelling is աւղի (awłi), which Martirosyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)lu-t-iyV-, from *h₂elut-.

Noun edit

օղի (ōłi)

  1. strong fermented drink, intoxicating beverage

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: օղի (ōġi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օղի”, 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) “awɫi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 29, 154