Armenian

Noun

ձագ • ‎(jag)

1. the young of any animal, baby animal

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Connected with Albanian zog, perhaps also Manichaean Middle Persian zhg ‎(zahag), Manichean Parthian zhg ‎(zahag, “offspring, progeny; child”), Middle Persian zhk' ‎(zahag), zʾhk' ‎(zahag, “child, offspring”), Persian زه ‎(zah, “offspring of men or of cattle”), زاق ‎(zâq, “the young of anything”), Pashto [script needed] ‎(zag), Sogdian zʾk ‎(zāk, “child”), which go back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰāgʷʰ- (Pokorny, Ačaṙyan) or *ǵʰag- (J̌ahukyan 2010) or *ǵʰāgʰu- (Olsen). Alternatively, we may be dealing with a substrate word of the shape *ǵʰāgʰ- or the like (Martirosyan).

According to Hübschmann (followed by Pokorny), Armenian is borrowed from Iranian, but in that case *զագ ‎(*zag) was expected, as is pointed out by J̌ahukyan and Olsen.

According to Ačaṙyan, Georgian ზაქი ‎(zaki, “buffalo calf”) and Classical Syriac ܙܓܐ ‎(zagā, “chicken”) are from Iranian.

Noun

ձագ • ‎(jag)

1. youngling, nestling

   ձագ թռչնոց‎ ― jag tʿṙčʿnocʿ ― young of a bird, nestling, brood; young sparrow

   ձագ հաւու‎ ― jag hawu ― chick, small chicken, pullet

   ձագ կենդանեաց‎ ― jag kendaneacʿ ― young one, little one of animals, pup, whelp, cub

   ձագունք‎ ― jagunkʿ ― the young or little ones, the progeny

   բբիւն ձագուց‎ ― bbiwn jagucʿ ― the chirping or twittering of nestlings

   ձագ մատն‎ ― jag matn ― little finger

   ձագս հանել‎ ― jags hanel ― to brood, to sit on eggs; to have young, to litter, to bring forth

   ձագու/ձագի լեզու‎ ― jagu/jagi lezu ― caryophyllata, herb-bennet; seed of the ash-tree

2. little bird, sparrow

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ձագ ‎(jag)
• Kurdish: تصاق ‎(tsaq)
• Cappadocian Greek: ζάκα ‎(záka)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ձագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 424b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “ձագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 144b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ձագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 141–142
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 185
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ձագ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 473a
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 409
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 428
• 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, pages 110–111