ջահ
Armenian
ջահ (1)
Etymology
From Old Armenian ջահ (ǰah).
Pronunciation
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- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑh]
Noun
ջահ • (ǰah)
- chandelier
- torch
- (astronomy) facula
- (figuratively) fire, light
- (figuratively) enlightened person
- (figuratively) heavenly/celestial body (especially the sun)
Usage notes
In Armenia and ex-USSR countries colloquially Russian лю́стра (ljústra), rendered as լյուստրա (lyustra), is used for the meaning of “chandelier”.
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ջահ (ǰah) | ջահեր (ǰaher) | ||
| dative | ջահի (ǰahi) | ջահերի (ǰaheri) | ||
| ablative | ջահից (ǰahicʿ) | ջահերից (ǰahericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | ջահով (ǰahov) | ջահերով (ǰaherov) | ||
| locative | ջահում (ǰahum) | ջահերում (ǰaherum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ջահը/ջահն (ǰahə/ǰahn) | ջահերը/ջահերն (ǰaherə/ǰahern) | ||
| dative | ջահին (ǰahin) | ջահերին (ǰaherin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ջահս (ǰahs) | ջահերս (ǰahers) | ||
| dative | ջահիս (ǰahis) | ջահերիս (ǰaheris) | ||
| ablative | ջահիցս (ǰahicʿs) | ջահերիցս (ǰahericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | ջահովս (ǰahovs) | ջահերովս (ǰaherovs) | ||
| locative | ջահումս (ǰahums) | ջահերումս (ǰaherums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ջահդ (ǰahd) | ջահերդ (ǰaherd) | ||
| dative | ջահիդ (ǰahid) | ջահերիդ (ǰaherid) | ||
| ablative | ջահիցդ (ǰahicʿd) | ջահերիցդ (ǰahericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | ջահովդ (ǰahovd) | ջահերովդ (ǰaherovd) | ||
| locative | ջահումդ (ǰahumd) | ջահերումդ (ǰaherumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Etymology
The older form is perhaps *ջարհ (*ǰarh), of unknown origin.
Noun
ջահ • (ǰah)
- light, torch, flambeau, link
- candelabra, chandelier
- (astronomy) facula, bright spot on the sun
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ջահ (ǰah) | ջահք (ǰahkʿ) | |
| genitive | ջահի (ǰahi) | ջահից (ǰahicʿ) | |
| dative | ջահի (ǰahi) | ջահից (ǰahicʿ) | |
| accusative | ջահ (ǰah) | ջահս (ǰahs) | |
| ablative | ջահէ (ǰahē) | ջահից (ǰahicʿ) | |
| instrumental | ջահիւ (ǰahiw) | ջահիւք (ǰahiwkʿ) | |
| locative | ջահի (ǰahi) | ջահս (ǰahs) |
Derived terms
Terms derived from ջահ (ǰah)
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Descendants
- Armenian: ջահ (ǰah)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ջահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ջահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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