արաց

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արաց (aracʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

արաց (aracʿ)

  1. (historical, sometimes capitalized) the sixth month of the Armenian calendar

Declension

See also

  • (Armenian calendar months) նավասարդ (navasard), հոռի (hoṙi), սահմի (sahmi), տրե (tre), քաղոց (kʿałocʿ), արաց (aracʿ), մեհեկան (mehekan), արեգ (areg), ահեկան (ahekan), մարերի (mareri), մարգաց (margacʿ), հրոտից (hroticʿ), ավելյաց (avelyacʿ) (Category: hy:Months)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Martirosyan explains the meaning as ‘harvest time, harvest of grape/fruit’, a genitive formation in -աց (-acʿ) from *ար-ա- (*ar-a-, harvest, harvest time), from Proto-Armenian *o(h)ár-a-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁os-r̥-(e)h₂, a neuter plural/collective or feminine formation from *h₁ósr̥ (autumn, end of summer, harvest-time), with a close cognate in Ancient Greek ὀπ-ώρα (op-ṓra), ὀπ-άρα (op-ára, end of the summer, beginning of autumn; harvest, fruit).[1]

Noun

արաց (aracʿ)

  1. the sixth month of the Armenian calendar (initially 17th August to 15th September, but classically corresponding to 8th January to 6th February)

Descendants

References

  1. Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship, issue 10, page 110

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), արաց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 298a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), արաց”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 341b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), արաց”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 85a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արաց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 70a

See also

  • (Armenian calendar months) նաւասարդ (nawasard), հոռի (hoṙi), սահմի (sahmi), տրէ (trē), քաղոց (kʿałocʿ), արաց (aracʿ), մեհեկան (mehekan), արեգ (areg), ահեկան (ahekan), մարերի (mareri), մարգաց (margacʿ), հրոտից (hroticʿ), աւելեաց (aweleacʿ) (Category: xcl:Months)
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