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Արեգ

Արեգ

See also: արեգ

Armenian

Proper noun

Արեգ (Areg)

  1. A male given name, Areg or Arek.

Declension

արեգ

արեգ

See also: Արեգ

Armenian

Noun

արեգ (areg)

  1. (rare) the sun
  2. (sometimes capitalized) the 8th month of the Armenian calendar

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology

An old genitive of արեւ (arew), according to Martirosyan going back to Proto-Armenian *areg-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r(e)w-i-ós, the genitive of *h₂réw-ōy- (sun, sunshine), whence արեւ (arew).

Noun

արեգ (areg)

  1. the sun
    Արեգ քաղաքAreg kʿałakʿ ― city of the sun, Heliopolis
  2. the 8th month of the Armenian calendar
  3. (as an adjective) eastern
    ի յարեգ կուսէi yareg kusē ― from the eastern side
    արեգ դուռնareg duṙn ― the eastern gate

Declension

Usage notes

The word has the combining forms արեգ- (areg-) and արեգ-ն-ա- (areg-n-a-).

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արեգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), արեգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1749), արեգ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 103a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արեգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 9
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*areg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 135