աղամ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“to grind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέω (aléō, “to grind”), Hindi आटा (āṭā, “flour”), Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀‎ (aṣ̌a, “ground”), Persian آرد‎ (ārd, “flour”). Related to ալիւր (aliwr) and աղօրի (ałōri).

Verb

աղամ • (ałam)

  1. (transitive) to grind (grain)
  2. (transitive) to pound, to reduce to powder
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to ruminate; to devour

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References

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 26
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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