آگاه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾkʾs /āgāh/, “aware, knowing”), ultimately a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see; to look”). Cognate with Old Armenian ակահ (akah), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

آگاه • (âgâh)

  1. aware, knowing

Derived terms
  • نگاه‎ (nigâh, “look, glance”)

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اكاه‎ (âgâh)
    • Turkish: agâh
    • → Middle Armenian: ակեահ (akeah)
  • → Chagatai: [script needed] (āgāh)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ակահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 94
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “آگاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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