Comparative evidence

h₃erg

• Arm. harkanem va. 'beat', 'strike', 'give' or 'deal a blow'; 'strike' or 'sweep the chords of the lyre', 'vibrate', 'touch', 'play' or 'perform on'; 'ring'; 'knock', 'thump'; 'prick', 'bite';  'wound', 'hurt', 'harm'; 'knock down', 'beat to death', 'kill'; 'spoil', 'taint', 'gnaw', 'eat away'; 'ill-treat', 'punish', 'abuse'; 'strike against', 'shock' : 'feel remorse' : 'pay tribute': 'write down', 'put into writing', 'set down' (Bedrossian 1879: 392)

References

Bedrossian 1879 = Bedrossian, M.M. 1879. New Dictionary Armenian - English. Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy.