օղի

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian օղի (ōłi).

Pronunciation

Noun

օղի • (ōġi)

  1. (Eastern Armenian) vodka
    Synonym: արաղ (araġ)
  2. (Western Armenian) raki, arak

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աւղի (awłi), which Martirosyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)lu-t-iyV-, from *h₂elut-.

Noun

օղի • (ōłi)

  1. strong fermented drink, intoxicating beverage

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամբրաւօղի (ambrawōłi)
  • արմաւօղի (armawōłi)
  • գարօղի (garōłi)
  • մեղրօղի (mełrōłi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: օղի (ōġi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օղի”, 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) “awɫi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 29, 154
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