آگاه

Northern Kurdish

Noun

آگاه (agah) m

  1. alternative form of agah

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “agah”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āgāh
Dari reading? āgāh
Iranian reading? âgâh
Tajik reading? ogoh

Adjective

Dari آگاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik огоҳ

آگاه • (âgâh)

  1. aware, knowing
    Synonym: واقف (vâqef)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: agah
  • → Chagatai: آگاه (agah)
    • Uzbek: ogoh
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آگاه (agâh)
    • Turkish: agâh
    • → Middle Armenian: ակեահ (akeah)
  • → Urdu: آگاہ (āgāh)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ակահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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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