գահ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գահ (gah)

Pronunciation

Noun

գահ (gah)

  1. throne

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian gʾs (gāh, throne; place, position), Persian گاه (gāh, throne; place), Old Persian [script needed] (gāθu-, place; throne, chair), Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬙𐬎 (gātu, place, seat, throne) and Sanskrit गातु (gātú, going; way; place).

Noun

գահ (gah)

  1. high seat, chair, tribunal
  2. throne
  3. (figuratively) dignity

Declension

Derived terms

  • գահաւոր (gahawor)
  • գահաւորակ (gahaworak)
  • գահնամակ (gahnamak)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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