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Where does “աղի” come from?

աղի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian աղի, from Old Armenian աղ, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

աղի (Armenian): salt; salted; salty; bitter, miserable

Definitions

  1. salt; salted; salty; bitter, miserable

Ancestry of “աղի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianաղիsalty, saline, brackish; bitter, miserable;...
2Old Armenianաղsalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—
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