վագր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վագր (vagr)

Pronunciation

Noun

վագր • (vagr)

  1. tiger
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղափլան (ġapʻlan)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Together with Old Georgian ვიგრი (vigri) borrowed from an unattested Iranian word related to or borrowed from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra, tiger).

Noun

վագր • (vagr)

  1. tiger

Declension

Derived terms

  • վագերաձի (vageraji)
  • վագրակերպեան (vagrakerpean)

Descendants

  • Armenian: վագր (vagr) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վագր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վագր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 242
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 27
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