բարձաձգութիւն

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

բարձ (barj, seat of honor; dignity) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ձգիմ (jgim, crave) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn, -ing)

Noun[edit]

բարձաձգութիւն (barjajgutʻiwn)

  1. search of dignity, pursuit of honour
  2. competition, rivalry, ambition

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարձաձգութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy