աքաղաղ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աքաղաղ (akʻałał).

Pronunciation

Noun

աքաղաղ • (akʻaġaġ)

  1. rooster
    Synonym: աքլոր (akʻlor)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, a reduplication of *քաղ- (*kʻał-, 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 • (akʻałał)

  1. rooster

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: աքաղաղ (akʻaġaġ)
  • Armenian: աքլոր (akʻlor)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աքաղաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 and Boston: Brill, page 159

Further reading

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