աշուղ

Armenian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʿāšiq), according to Sevortjan (apud Anikin) mediated specifically by Kipchak asuch (/*ašuq/) attested in Codex Cumanicus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

աշուղ (ašuł)

  1. ashugh

Usage notes

Starting from 1970s the Armenian աշուղ (ašuł) were consciously renamed գուսան (gusan), a revived Old Armenian word, because the former name had acquired pejorative connotations.

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References

  • Anikin, A. Je. (2007), ашуг”, in Russkij etimologičeskij slovarʹ [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Rukopisnyje pamjatniki Drevnej Rusi, page 355
  • Tʿahmizyan N. (1974), աշուղ”, in Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʿyun, page 494a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 629b
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