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գին

գին

See also: -գին

Armenian

Noun

գին (gin)

  1. price; cost
    բարձր գինbarjr gin ― high price
    ցածր գինcʿacr gin ― low price
    ամեն գնովamen gnov ― at any price/cost
  2. value, worth

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wesno- (price). Cognates include Sanskrit वस्न (vasná, price), Middle Persian whʾk' (wahāg, trading; value), Persian بها (bahâ, price, value), Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos, price), ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai), Latin vēnum (something for sale) and Hittite [script needed] (wāš-, to buy).

Noun

գին (gin)

  1. price; value
    գին հատանել, արկանելgin hatanel, arkanel ― to rate, to appreciate, to value, to estimate, to tax, to set a price on a thing
    անարգ գին հատանելanarg gin hatanel ― to undervalue
    գնոյ առնուլ, գնոց ստանալgnoy aṙnul, gnocʿ stanal ― to buy, to purchase for money
    գնոյ ըմպել զջուրgnoy əmpel zǰur ― to drink water that has cost money
    գնոց գնելgnocʿ gnel ― to buy dearly
    բարձրացուցանել զգինbarjracʿucʿanel zgin ― to raise, to augment the price
    նուազեցուցանել զգինnuazecʿucʿanel zgin ― to reduce, to lower the price
    վիճել վասն գնոյvičel vasn gnoy ― to bargain
    սովորական գինsovorakan gin ― price-current
    որոշեալ գինorošeal gin ― no abatement
    գնելով գնեցից ի քէն գնոցgnelov gnecʿicʿ i kʿēn gnocʿ ― I will pay you the price
  2. buying, purchasing
  3. hiring price (for a ship)

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գին”, 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 8
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 213