պարագայ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From պար (par, peri-) + -ա- (-a-) + գամ (gam, come). Calque of Ancient Greek περιφερόμενος (peripherómenos). Compare ապագայ (apagay).

Noun

պարագայ • (paragay)

  1. circumstance; particular, detail
  2. turn, revolution
    պարագայց ամօքparagaycʻ amōkʻfor many or long years

Declension

Adjective

պարագայ • (paragay)

  1. circumjacent

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: պարագա (paraga)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պարագայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page գալ
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