Գարեգին

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , Garegin, Karekin

Etymology
According to Ačaṙyan, a native Armenian formation meaning “darling, dear, having high value”, composed of, the unattested presumably meaning “expensive” or “heavy” and inherited from the  ancestor of 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, etc. The problem is that the 🇨🇬 root for these is reconstructed with an initial  (see ), which in Armenian would have given. Ačaṙean suggest that we may be dealing with a →  sound change.

Proper noun

 * , Garegin

Usage notes
Used in the 4th and 5th centuries. Suddenly reappeared in the 13th and 16th centuries and revived again in the 19th century. In use since then.