Where does “խելագար” come from?

խելագար (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գարիմ, from Old Armenian գար, from Middle Persian gad.

խելագար (Old Armenian): mad, crazy, lunatic, insane

Definitions

  1. mad, crazy, lunatic, insane

Ancestry of “խելագար”, step by step

խելագար traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian գարիմ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգարիմto be in pain; to hurt
2Old Armenianգարpain
3Middle Persiangad—

via Old Armenian խելք

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianխելքbrains; mind, sense, wit, understanding,...

Words derived from “խելագար”

Every word from Middle Persian gad →Every word from Old Armenian գար →Every word from Old Armenian գարիմ →