արեգ

See also: Արեգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արեգ (areg).

Pronunciation

Noun

արեգ • (areg)

  1. (rare) the sun
  2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Declension

Synonyms

See also

  • (Armenian calendar months) նավասարդ (navasard), հոռի (hoṙi), սահմի (sahmi), տրե (tre), քաղոց (kʿałocʿ), արաց (aracʿ), մեհեկան (mehekan), արեգ (areg), ահեկան (ahekan), մարերի (mareri), մարգաց (margacʿ), հրոտից (hroticʿ), ավելյաց (avelyacʿ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

An old genitive of արեւ (arew), according to Martirosyan going back to Proto-Armenian *areg-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r(e)w-y-ós, the genitive of *h₂réw-ōy- (“sun, sunshine”), whence արեւ (arew).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

արեգ • (areg)

  1. the Sun
    Արեգ քաղաք ― Areg kʿałakʿ ― city of the Sun, Heliopolis
  2. the eighth month of the Armenian calendar
  3. (as an adjective) eastern
    ի յարեգ կուսէ ― i yareg kusē ― from the eastern side
    արեգ դուռն ― areg duṙn ― the eastern gate

Usage notes

The word has the combining forms արեգ- (areg-) and արեգ-ն-ա- (areg-n-a-).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արեգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎ (pdf), Zagreb, page 9
  4. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*areg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 135

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արեգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արեգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1749), “արեգ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 103a

See also

  • (Armenian calendar months) նաւասարդ (nawasard), հոռի (hoṙi), սահմի (sahmi), տրէ (trē), քաղոց (kʿałocʿ), արաց (aracʿ), մեհեկան (mehekan), արեգ (areg), ահեկան (ahekan), մարերի (mareri), մարգաց (margacʿ), հրոտից (hroticʿ), աւելեաց (aweleacʿ)
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