կեղերջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կեղերջ (kełerǰ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

կեղերջ (kełerǰ)

  1. (archaic) complaint, lament

Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), կեղերջ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, who develops J̌ahukyan's idea, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-r-i(h₂)- or *gʷelH-r-yeh₂-, from *gʷelH-. For the semantics J̌ahukyan compares Russian жалоба (žaloba) : жалеть (žaletʹ) and жалить (žalitʹ).

Noun

կեղերջ (kełerǰ)

  1. complaint, grievance, pain (?)

Usage notes

Attested only in the compound կեղերջական (kełerǰakan).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կեղերջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կեղերջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, page 91
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 357–358
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