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Where does “հիվանդագին” come from?

հիվանդագին (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian հիւանդագին, from Old Armenian -ագին, from Old Armenian -գին, from Middle Iranian -agēn.

հիվանդագին (Armenian): ailing, sickly; unhealthy; painfully; badly,...

Definitions

  1. ailing, sickly; unhealthy; painfully; badly,...

Ancestry of “հիվանդագին”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianհիւանդագինsickly, very ill; like a sick person
2Old Armenian-ագինAlternative form of -գին
3Old Armenian-գինforming adjectives and adverbs
4Middle Iranian-agēn—
Every word from Middle Iranian -agēn →