առիճ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• առինճ (aṙinč)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from the preposition առ (aṙ, “at, to, near by, before, etc.”) and Proto-Armenian *(h)ič- (“site, settlement”), a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Noun

առիճ • (aṙič)

1. village, settlement

   Արջոյ առիճ ― Arǰoy aṙič ― a certain placename

   խաղտոյ առիճ ― xałtoy aṙič ― a certain placename

Usage notes

The word is attested only in a number of place-names.

Derived terms

• Բագայառիճ (Bagayaṙič)
• Բագայառինճ (Bagayaṙinč)
• Գուկառինճ (Gukaṙinč)
• Լուսաթառիճ (Lusatʻaṙič)
• Խոկառինճ (Xokaṙinč)
• Կթառիճ (Ktʻaṙič)
• Ձիթառիճ (Jitʻaṙič)
• Մկնառինճ (Mknaṙinč)
• Տիրառիճ (Tiraṙič)

Descendants

• Armenian: Առինջ (Aṙinǰ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առիճ”, 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) “*aṙič”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 111