ինքնահող

Armenian

Etymology

Dialectal reshaping of Old Armenian *այգնահող (*aygnahoł) due to association with ինքն (inkʻn). Composed of այգ (ayg, morning) + -ա- (-a-) + հող (hoł, earth).

Pronunciation

Noun

ինքնահող • (inkʻnahoġ)

  1. (dialectal) ceremony at the next morning after the funeral

Declension

Synonyms

  • այգալաց (aygalacʻ)

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayg”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 54
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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