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յաչաղ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From յ- (y-) +‎ աչք (ačʻkʻ) +‎ -աղ (-ał).

Noun

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յաչաղ (yačʻał)

  1. evil eye, giving an evil eye, fascination, charm
  2. envy, rancour, ill-will

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հաչաղ (hačʻaġ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յաչաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աղ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48