آگاه

Northern Kurdish

Noun

آگاه (agah) m

1. Alternative form of agah

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “agah”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾkʾs /⁠āgāh⁠/, “aware, knowing”), ultimately a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see; to look”). Related to نگاه (negâh) and dialectal گاس (gâs). Related to Old Armenian ակահ (akah), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈɡɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɡɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɡɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɡɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɡɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɡɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɡɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āgāh
Dari reading?	āgāh
Iranian reading?	âgâh
Tajik reading?	ogoh

Adjective

Dari	آگاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	огоҳ

آگاه • (âgâh)

1. aware, knowing

   Synonym: واقف (vâqef)

Derived terms

• آگاهاندن (âgâhândan)
• آگاهمند (âgâhmand)
• آگاهنده (âgâhande)
• آگاهی (âgâhi)
• آگهی (âgahi)
• دژآگاه (dož-âgâh)
• ناگاه (nâgâh)
• ناگه (nâgah)
• ناگهان (nâgahân)
• کارآگاه (kâr-âgâh)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: agah
• → Chagatai: آگاه (agah)
  • Uzbek: ogoh
• → Ottoman Turkish: آگاه (agâh)
  • Turkish: agâh
  • → Middle Armenian: ակեահ (akeah)
• → Urdu: آگاہ (āgāh)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ակահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 94
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آگاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul