ագանիմ

From Proto-Indo-European. The initial հ- (h-), found in the alternative form հագանիմ (haganim) and in modern Armenian հագնել (hagnel), is old and probably has an etymological value. The Proto-Indo-European root has been variously reconstructed as *h₂ew-, *h₃ew-, *h₃ow-. Cognates include Latin ex-uō (“undress, take off”), ind-uō (“put on, clothe”), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (aoθra, “shoe”), Lithuanian aũti (“to take off shoes”), Russian обу́ть (obútʹ) and perhaps Hittite [script needed] (unu-, “to adorn, decorate, lay (the table)”). See also առագաստ (aṙagast), օդ (ōd), օթոց (ōtʿocʿ).

• հագանիմ (haganim), հագնիմ (hagnim) – post-classical

ագանիմ • (aganim)

1. to clothe or dress oneself, to wear, to put on (clothes or shoes)

   ագանել զրահս ― aganel zrahs ― to put on a breastplate or cuirass

• Armenian: հագնել (hagnel)

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ագանիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 75–76
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aganim₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 3–4

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ագանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 2c
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ագանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1b

The root is ագ- (ag-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-, from *h₂wes- (“to spend the night”), +‎ -ան- (-an-). Related to օթ (ōtʿ).

ագանիմ • (aganim)

1. to take lodgings, to pass the night, to sojourn, to dwell; to stay

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ագանիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 76ab
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aganim₂”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 4
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ագանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 2c
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ագանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1b