աներձագ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աներձակ (anerjak)

Etymology

From Middle Armenian աներձագ (anerjag).

Pronunciation

Noun

աներձագ • (anerjag)

  1. brother-in-law (wife’s brother)

Declension

Synonyms

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From աներ (aner) + ձագ (jag), literally “father-in-law’s youngling”.

Noun

աներձագ • (anerjag), genitive singular աներձագի (anerjagi)

  1. brother-in-law (wife’s brother)

Descendants

  • Armenian: աներձագ (anerjag)

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “աներձագ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 50b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 427
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