ակահ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ագահ (agah), ակախ (akax), ակյախ (akyax)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ակահ (akah).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ակահ (akah) (superlative ամենաակահ)

  1. (dialectal) awake, alert
    Synonyms: արթուն (artʿun), զգաստ (zgast)
  2. (dialectal) aware
    Synonyms: տեղյակ (tełyak), իրազեկ (irazek)

Declension

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ակահ”, 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
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), ակահ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾkʾs /āgāh/, aware, knowing), Persian آگاه‏ (âgâh, aware). See the latter for more.

Adjective

ակահ (akah)

  1. aware
    Synonyms: տեղեակ (tełeak), հասու (hasu)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ակահ”, 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
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ակահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 94
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), ակահ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ակահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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