աղամ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (to grind). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέω (aléō, to grind), Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, ground), Persian آرد (ârd, flour) and Hindustani: Urdu آٹا (āṭā, flour) / Hindi आटा (āṭā, flour). Related to ալիւր (aliwr) and աղօրի (ałōri).

Verb

աղամ (ałam)

  1. (transitive) to grind (grain)
  2. (transitive) to pound, to reduce to powder
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to ruminate; to devour

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ազատաղաց (azatałacʿ)
  • աղացիկ (ałacʿik)
  • աղացումն (ałacʿumn)
  • աղուն (ałun)
  • աղօն (ałōn)
  • խնկաղաց (xnkałacʿ)
  • մլաղաց (mlałacʿ)
  • ջաղաց (ǰałacʿ)
  • ջաղացանի (ǰałacʿani)
  • ջրաղաց (ǰrałacʿ)
  • ջրաղացապան (ǰrałacʿapan)
  • ջրաղացիք (ǰrałacʿikʿ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղալ (ałal)
  • Georgian: ალატა (alaṭa) (possibly)

References

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աղամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աղամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 26
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աղամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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