Գեղամ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian Գեղամ (Gełam).

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Գեղամ (Geġam)

  1. a male given name, Gegham or Kegham

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Traditionally connected with Old Armenian գեղ (geł, beauty), but this is rejected by Ačaṙyan, who considers it either to be a back-formation of Գեղամայ (Gełamay) (found in some placenames) by Movsēs Xorenacʿi, or of Urartian origin.

Proper noun[edit]

Գեղամ (Gełam)

  1. (Armenian mythology) a male given name, borne only by the legendary Gegham, a descendant of Hayk

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Գեղամ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 452