մարգարէ

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (mʾrygr /mārigar/, “sorcerer, incantator”), [Manichaean needed] (mhrygr /mahrīgar/, “sorcerer”), Sogdian [script needed] (mʾrkrʾy, “soothsayer”), [script needed] (mʾrkrʾk /mārkarē(k)/, “soothsayer”).

Noun

մարգարէ • (margarē)

1. prophet

   սուտ մարգարէ ― sut margarē ― false prophet

   կին մարգարէ ― kin margarē ― prophetess

   փոքր մարգարք ― pʿokʿr margarkʿ ― the Lesser prophets

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մարգարէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մարգարէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մարգարէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 11
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 534