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Where does “ավագանի” come from?

ավագանի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian աւագանի, from Old Armenian -անի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

ավագանի (Armenian): nobility, grandees; Council of Aldermen

Definitions

  1. nobility, grandees; Council of Aldermen

Ancestry of “ավագանի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianաւագանիcourt, nobility, grandees
2Old Armenian-անիPossessing a quality or thing; Forming collective...
3Old Armenian-իforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
4Proto-Indo-European-yo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo- →