Գարեգին

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian Գարեգին (Garegin).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Գարեգին (Garegin)

  1. a male given name, Garegin, Karekin

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Գարեգին”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 449

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Ačaṙyan, a native Armenian formation meaning “darling, dear, having high value”, composed of *գարի (*gari) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ գին (gin, price, value), the unattested *գարի (*gari) presumably meaning “expensive” or “heavy” and inherited from the Proto-Indo-European ancestor of Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, heavy), βάρος (báros, weight), Latin gravis (heavy), etc. The problem is that the Proto-Indo-European root for these is reconstructed with an initial *gʷ- (see *gʷréh₂us), which in Armenian would have given կ- (k-). Ačaṙean suggest that we may be dealing with a *gʷ*gʷʰ sound change.

Proper noun[edit]

Գարեգին (Garegin)

  1. a male given name, Garegin

Usage notes[edit]

Used in the 4th and 5th centuries. Suddenly reappeared in the 13th and 16th centuries and revived again in the 19th century. In use since then.

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: Գարեգին (Garegin)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Գարեգին”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 449
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 5, pages 29–30
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a