անագան

From Old Armenian անագան (anagan).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑnɑˈɡɑn/, [ɑnɑɡɑ́n]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑnɑˈkɑn/, [ɑnɑkʰɑ́n]

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• Hyphenation: ա‧նա‧գան

անագան • (anagan) (superlative ամենաանագան)

1. (archaic) late, tardy

անագան • (anagan)

1. (archaic) lately, tardily

• Guyumčean, Mesrop K. (1970) “անագան”, in Əndarjak Baṙaran Hayerēnē Anglierēn [A Comprehensive Dictionary Armenian–English], Beirut: Atlas Press, page 23a
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “անագան”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from ան- (an-, “privative prefix”) +‎ ագան (agan, “zealous, *early”).

անագան • (anagan) indeclinable

1. late, tardy; long, slow, not ready, not prompt
2. (substantive) evening

Post-classically a genitive անագանի (anagani) is attested.

անագան • (anagan)

1. late, tardily, long, slowly

   անագան ուրեմն, անագան երբէք ― anagan uremn, anagan erbēkʻ ― too late, very late; at latest, at the latest

• Armenian: անագան (anagan)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անագան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անագան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անագան”, 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) “anagan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 64