աղաչեմ

Etymology
According to Martirosyan, who is slightly tweaking Klingenschmitt's etymology, from with Ancient Greek  and perhaps Latin  as cognates.

But according to Pokorny and J̌ahukyan, inherited from the onomatopoeic root, , on which see ; J̌ahukyan reconstructs an intermediate form  with a question mark.

In any case closely related to.

Verb

 * 1)  to supplicate, to pray, to conjure
 * 2)  to be supplicated