յորջորջեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Reduplication of *յորջ- (*yorǰ-), which Martirosyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-wor-ye-, composed of the prefix *h₁en- (in) (whence յ- (y-)) and the ye-present of the root *wer- (to speak).

Verb

յորջորջեմ (yorǰorǰem)

  1. (transitive) to name, to call
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to be called, named, entitled, etc.
    յորջորջել յանուն ուրուքyorǰorǰel yanun urukʿto bear another's name, to be called after

Conjugation

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), յորջորջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), յորջորջեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), յորջորջ”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 497
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