աղ

Etymology

From Old Armenian աղ (ał).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑʁ]

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Noun

աղ • (ał)

1. salt
2. (figuratively) gist, essence

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. See also աղտ (ałt).

Noun

աղ • (ał)

1. salt

   աղ ուխտի, ուխտ աղի, աղ կնքեալ ― ał uxti, uxt ałi, ał knkʿeal ― sign of true friendship

   աղ եւ հաց ― ał ew hacʿ ― commensality, love

   աղ առնուլ, աղ եւ հաց ուտել ― ał aṙnul, ał ew hacʿ utel ― to eat in company, to be social, to be convivial

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), “աղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, pages 387–388
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 24
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy