աղքատ

From Old Armenian աղքատ (ałkʿat).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑχˈkʰɑt]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑχˈkʰɑd]

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աղքատ • (aġkʿat) (superlative ամենաաղքատ)

1. poor, indigent

   Synonyms: չքավոր (čʿkʿavor), քյասիբ (kʿyasib)

   աղքատ մարդ ― aġkʿat mard ― poor man

2. scant, scanty, poor, pathetic; meagre, wretched

   աղքատ բուսականություն ― aġkʿat busakanutʿyun ― sparse vegetation

աղքատ • (aġkʿat)

1. poor man, pauper

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *oliko-, from *h₃léyg- (“indigent, needy, ill”) + -ատ (-at), with such cognates as Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos, “few, little”), λοιγός (loigós, “disaster”), Old Irish liach (“miserable”), Old Prussian licuts (“little”), Lithuanian liẽknas (“slim”), ligà (“illness”), Albanian lig (“evil, bad”).[1][2]

But Martirosyan prefers a derivation from *աղխհատ (*ałxhat, “devoided of properties, having no possessions”), composed of աղխ (ałx) +‎ -ատ (-at).[3]

աղքատ • (ałkʿat)

1. poor, indigent, needy, beggarly
2. miserable
3. bereft, destitute, necessitous
4. low, humble, contemptible

աղքատ • (ałkʿat)

1. beggar, mendicant, pauper

• Armenian: աղքատ (aġkʿat)
• → Old Georgian: ალქატი (alkaṭi)
  • Georgian: ალქატი (alkaṭi)

• Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աղքատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղքատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy