առիճ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from the preposition առ (aṙ, “at, to, near by, before, etc.”) and Proto-Armenian *(h)ič- (“site, settlement”), a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Noun

առիճ • (aṙič)

  1. village, settlement
    Արջոյ առիճ ― Arǰoy aṙič ― a certain placename
    խաղտոյ առիճ ― xałtoy aṙič ― a certain placename

Usage notes

The word is attested only in a number of place-names.

Derived terms
  • Բագայառիճ (Bagayaṙič)
  • Բագայառինճ (Bagayaṙinč)
  • Գուկառինճ (Gukaṙinč)
  • Լուսաթառիճ (Lusatʻaṙič)
  • Խոկառինճ (Xokaṙinč)
  • Կթառիճ (Ktʻaṙič)
  • Ձիթառիճ (Jitʻaṙič)
  • Մկնառինճ (Mknaṙinč)
  • Տիրառիճ (Tiraṙič)

Descendants
  • Armenian: Առինջ (Aṙinǰ)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aṙič”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 111
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