գաղութ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գաղութ (gałutʻ)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գաղութ (gaġutʻ)

  1. colony, settlement
  2. (collectively) colonists, settlers

Declension[edit]

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Aramaic גָּלוּתָא (gālūṯā, exile)[1] or Classical Syriac ܓܠܘܬܐ (gālūṯā).[2][3] The etymology was first proposed by de Lagarde.[4]

Noun[edit]

գաղութ (gałutʻ)

  1. emigration, flight
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria :
      Զառաջին գաղութ բնակափոխութեան ʼի քաղդէացւոցն երկրէ ʼի խառանացւոցն ասի առնել։
      Zaṙaǰin gałutʻ bnakapʻoxutʻean ʼi kʻałdēacʻwocʻn erkrē ʼi xaṙanacʻwocʻn asi aṙnel.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գաղութ (gaġutʻ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 476
  2. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 301–302
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաղութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 505ab
  4. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 445, page 32

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