արջ

Armenian

արջ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian արջ (arǰ).

Pronunciation

Noun

արջ (arǰ)

  1. bear
    արջի ծառայություն մատուցելarǰi caṙayutʿyun matucʿelto cause harm while (purportedly) trying to help someone (literally, “to give a bear's service”)
    արջը կապելarǰə kapelto deceive, to hoodwink (literally, “to tie the bear”)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (bear).[1][2][3] The irregular -ջ- (-ǰ-) is probably to be explained by taboo or an influence of արջն (arǰn, black).[3]

Noun

արջ (arǰ)

  1. bear
    արջ մատակarǰ matakshe-bear
    կորիւն արջուkoriwn arǰubear's cub
  2. (astronomy) Ursa
    Մեծ ԱրջMec ArǰUrsa Major
    Փոքր ԱրջPʿokʿr ArǰUrsa Minor
  3. carpenter's tool used in smoothing surfaces

Declension

Derived terms

  • արջամուկն (arǰamukn)
  • արջային (arǰayin)
  • արջատակ (arǰatak)
  • արջենի (arǰeni)
  • արջտակ (arǰtak)
  • մկնարջ (mknarǰ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: արջ (arǰ)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 143

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), արջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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