աղուաշ
Middle Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]աղուաշ • (aġuaš)
- half-witted, apish, trifling, silly, that plays the fool
- (nominalized) ninny, simpleton
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: աղվաշ (aġvaš)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղուաշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “աղուաշ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղուաշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy