երգ

Etymology

From Old Armenian երգ (erg); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian) IPA^(key): [jɛɾkʰ]

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Noun

երգ • (erg)

1. song

   տխուր երգ — sad song

   ժողովրդական երգ — folk song

   երգ գրել — to write a song

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erkʷ-o- (“to shine; to praise”), with cognates including Sanskrit अर्क (arká, “ray, flash of lightning; praise hymn, song”), ऋच (ṛc, “radiance; poem, verse”), अर्चति (arcati, “to praise, sing”), Hittite [script needed] (ārku-^zi), [script needed] (arku-, “to sing”), Old Irish erc (“sky, heaven”), Tocharian A yärk, Tocharian B yarke (“worship, veneration”).

Noun

երգ • (erg)

1. song

   երգ համառօտ ― erg hamaṙōt ― canzonet

   երգս առնուլ ― ergs aṙnul ― to sing

   յերգ արկանել ― yerg arkanel ― to sing or compose a song

   երգ անհեդեդ ― erg anheded ― bad song

   նուագարան երգոց ― nuagaran ergocʿ ― musical instrument

   երգ երգոց ― erg ergocʿ ― the Song of Songs, the song of Solomon

2. poem
3. playing (music)
4. scoff, derision, scoffing song

   յերգ արկանել ― yerg arkanel ― to make songs on, to lampoon

   յերգ անկանիլ ― yerg ankanil ― to be the subject of a song

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “երգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 259