ագի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ագի (agi).

Pronunciation

Noun

ագի (agi)

  1. (archaic) tail
  2. (archaic) lap of women’s dress

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), ագի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

Martirosyan reconstructs the earlier form as *հագի (*hagi) with the basic meaning of “edge”, connects the word with հաւ (haw, beginning) and derives both from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)h₂w-.

Noun

ագի (agi)

  1. tail

Usage notes

The unattested sense “penis” is proven by ագ-ատ (ag-at, whose penis is cut off)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ագատ (agat)
  • ագետակ (agetak)
  • ագեւոր (agewor)
  • ագեւորեմ (ageworem)
  • կարճագի (karčagi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ագի (agi)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ագի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ագի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ագի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “agi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 5
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