դաս

Etymology

From Old Armenian դաս (das).

Pronunciation

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• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [dɑs]

Noun

դաս • (das)

1. class; category; order
2. estate, social class

   հոգևորական դաս ― hogeworakan das ― clergy, clerical order

3. (biology, taxonomy) class
4. lesson

   դաս տալ ― das tal ― to give a lesson

   դասի գնալ ― dasi gnal ― to go to school

5. homework; task; lesson

   դասերը սովորել ― daserə sovorel ― to do one's lessons

6. (architecture) choir

Etymology

From earlier *դարս (*dars) (compare դարսել (darsel, “to stack, arrange”)). The ultimate origin is unknown.

Noun

դաս • (das)

1. order, rank, division, body, class (of men, animals, soldiers, etc.); choir (of angels)

   դաս դաս ― das das ― in several orders or assemblages, in several companies

2. special place of divine service in the church
3. lesson, precept, dictate, instruction

   դաս ասել ումեք ― das asel umekʿ ― to lecture, to read, to teach

References

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