# ճագար
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* ճաքառ (čakʻaṙ) — Ararat

### Etymology

From Old Armenian ճագար (čagar).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /t͡ʃɑˈɡɑɾ/, [t͡ʃɑɡɑ́ɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /d͡ʒɑˈkɑɾ/, [d͡ʒɑkʰɑ́ɾ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
* Hyphenation: ճա‧գար

### Noun

ճագար • (čagar)
* rabbit

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճագար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 173a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Usually considered a word of unknown origin. But compare a number of words in the languages of the region listed by Abaev as phonosemantic formations of the type ČGR with the meaning ‘mark, conspicuous sign, spot, color’ (usually in animals and humans): Georgian ჭაღარა (č̣aɣara, “grey”), საღარი (saɣari, “having a white spot on the forehead (of a horse)”), წიღარო (c̣iɣaro, “animal with a white stripe on the back”), წიგურა (c̣igura, “motley animal”), Abkhaz а-ҷыӷра (a-čʼəğra, “motley”), Ossetian зыгъа́р (zyǧár, “having a white spot on the forehead (of animals)”), whence зыгъа́рӕг (zyǧáræg, “badger”), Tsakhur джагваран (ǯagʷaran, “white”), Rutul джагварды (ǯagʷardɨ, “white”), Aghul джагварф (džagʷarf, “white”), Chuvash чакӑр (čak̬ăr, “whitish, light blue, blue; gray”), Karachay-Balkar чагъыр (çağır, “spotted; motley”), Russian чагра́вый (čagrávyj, “dark ashy”), Old Armenian ճաղատ (čałat, “bald”) etc. Compare also Persian شغار (šağâr, “badger, brock, kind of stinking weasel; urchin, hedgehog”) and Armenian իշղար (išġar, “badger”), which may belong to the same group.

### Noun

ճագար • (čagar)
* cony, rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
    էգ, մատակ ճագար ― ēg, matak čagar ― doe-rabbit
    արու ճագար ― aru čagar ― buck rabbit
    ձագ ճագարի ― jag čagari ― young rabbit
    որջ, դադարք ճագարի ― orǰ, dadarkʻ čagari ― rabbit-burrow, rabbit-hutch
    կաղկանձել ճագարի ― kałkanjel čagari ― to squeak
    ղօղել ճագարի ― łōłel čagari ― to squat, to lie squat or cowering

#### Usage notes

Wrongly identified by some with hyena or jackal, the latter because of phonetic similarity of ճագար (čagar) with Turkish çakal.

#### Descendants

* Armenian: ճագար (čagar)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճագար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 173a
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ճագար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 485a
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 939
* ↑ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 318–319
* ↑ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شغار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 747b

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճագար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “ճագար”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճագար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy