բագին

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բագին (bagin).

Pronunciation

Noun

բագին (bagin)

  1. altar (pagan)
  2. pagan shrine, pagan temple
    Synonym: մեհյան (mehyan)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Together with Old Georgian ბაგინი (bagini) borrowed from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bagáh (god), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás.

Noun

բագին (bagin)

  1. altar (pagan or Christian)
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).10.4–5:[1]
      Եւ քուրմ իբրեւ իմանայ, մտանէ լնու զբագինն որթափայտիւ․ մտանէ հաւն յարեգ քաղաք լի խնգովք եւ ելանէ ի բագինն, իւրովի լուցանէ զկրակն եւ անձամբ զանձն այրէ։
      Ew kʿurm ibrew imanay, mtanē lnu zbaginn ortʿapʿaytiw; mtanē hawn yareg kʿałakʿ li xngovkʿ ew elanē i baginn, iwrovi lucʿanē zkrakn ew anjamb zanjn ayrē.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        And the priest being informed goes in and fills the altar with vine wood. The bird enters Heliopolis, filled with incense, mounts the altar, kindles the fire with itself and burns itself.
  2. pagan shrine, pagan temple
    Synonym: մեհեան (mehean)
  3. (rare) idol, statue

Declension

Derived terms

  • բագնագիտութիւն (bagnagitutʿiwn)
  • բագնաձեւ (bagnajew)
  • բագնայարկ (bagnayark)
  • բագնապետ (bagnapet)
  • բագնասէր (bagnasēr)
  • բագնգիտութիւն (bagngitutʿiwn)
  • յարաբագին (yarabagin)
  • Բագայառիճ (Bagayaṙič)
  • Բագարան (Bagaran)
  • Բագարատ (Bagarat)
  • Բագաւան (Bagawan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բագին (bagin) (learned)

References

  1. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 103, 147

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), բագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 373–374
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բագին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 113
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 869
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բագին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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