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երգ

երգ

Armenian

Noun

երգ (erg)

  1. song
    տխուր երգsad song
    ժողովրդական երգfolk song
    երգ գրելto write a song

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erkʷ-o- (to shine; to praise), with cognates including Sanskrit अर्क (arká, ray, flash of lightning; praise hymn, song), ऋच (ṛc, radiance; poem, verse), अर्चति (arcati, to praise, sing), Hittite [script needed] (ārku-zi), [script needed] (arku-, to sing), Old Irish erc (sky, heaven), Tocharian A yärk, Tocharian B yarke (worship, veneration).

Noun

երգ (erg)

  1. song
    երգ համառօտerg hamaṙōt ― canzonet
    երգս առնուլergs aṙnul ― to sing
    յերգ արկանելyerg arkanel ― to sing or compose a song
    երգ անհեդեդerg anheded ― bad song
    նուագարան երգոցnuagaran ergocʿ ― musical instrument
    երգ երգոցerg ergocʿ ― the Song of Songs, the song of Solomon
  2. poem
  3. playing (music)
  4. scoff, derision, scoffing song
    յերգ արկանելyerg arkanel ― to make songs on, to lampoon
    յերգ անկանիլyerg ankanil ― to be the subject of a song

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), երգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), երգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), երգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 259