աքաղաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian աքաղաղ (akʿałał).

Pronunciation

Noun

աքաղաղ (akʿałał)

  1. rooster

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ագաղաղ (agałał), այգաղաղ (aygałał), աքալալ (akʿalal)

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, a reduplication of *քաղ- (*kʿał-, to call), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁-, zero-grade of *kelh₁- (to call).[1][2][3] Among the cognates compare especially Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣā-kal-a-, rooster, literally crying at daybreak), कलकल (kalakala, any confused noise), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, to call), Old Irish cailech (rooster).

Noun

աքաղաղ (akʿałał)

  1. rooster

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աքաղաղ”, 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
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “akʿałał”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 159

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աքաղաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աքաղաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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