աջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian աջ ().

Pronunciation

Adjective

աջ • () (superlative ամենաաջ)

  1. (of direction) right, not left

Declension

Antonyms

Noun

աջ • ()

  1. right, the right side
  2. the right hand

Declension

Adverb

աջ • ()

  1. to the right (of)
    ինձնից աջinjnicʻ aǰto my right, on my right

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sHdʰ-yo- or *seh₂dʰ-yo- (successful); cognates include Sanskrit साध्य (sādhyá), साधु (sādhú, straight, right), Avestan 𐬵𐬁𐬛𐬭𐬋𐬫𐬁 (hādrōyā, desire to achieve the goal), perhaps also Ancient Greek ἰθύς (ithús).[1][2][3]

Noun

աջ • ()

  1. right
  2. right hand
  3. (post-Classical) the hand (left or right) of a saint or a holy man as a relic

Declension

Adjective

աջ • ()

  1. right

Usage notes

In compounds the word has also the meanings of “lucky, good” (common development in many languages) and “progress, going forward”. Compare յ-աջ-ող (y-aǰ-oł) for the first and առ-աջ (aṙ-aǰ) for the second.

Declension

Derived terms

  • անյաջ (anyaǰ)
  • աջագահ (aǰagah)
  • աջաթեւ (aǰatʻew)
  • աջալրջութիւն (aǰalrǰutʻiwn)
  • աջական (aǰakan)
  • աջակից (aǰakicʻ)
  • աջակող (aǰakoł)
  • աջակողմ (aǰakołm)
  • աջակողման (aǰakołman)
  • աջակողմեան (aǰakołmean)
  • աջակողմն (aǰakołmn)
  • աջակոյս (aǰakoys)
  • աջակցեմ (aǰakcʻem)
  • աջակցիմ (aǰakcʻim)
  • աջաւորիմ (aǰaworim)
  • աջեակ (aǰeak)
  • աջեայ (aǰeay)
  • աջեմ (aǰem)
  • աջի (aǰi)
  • աջին (aǰin)
  • աջող (aǰoł)
  • առաջ (aṙaǰ)
  • յաջորդ (yaǰord)

Descendants

  • Armenian: աջ ()

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 99

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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