Armenian edit

 

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վագր (vagr)

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

վագր (vagr)

  1. tiger
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղափլան (ġapʿlan)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Together with Old Georgian ვიგრი (vigri) borrowed from an unattested Iranian word related to or borrowed from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra, tiger).

Noun edit

վագր (vagr)

  1. tiger

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վագր (vagr) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) “վագր”, 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, page 292ab
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վագր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 242
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 27