զոհ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian զոհ (zoh)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

զոհ (zoh)

  1. (religion) sacrifice, victim; its meat
    զոհ մատուցելzoh matucʻelto offer a sacrifice
  2. (figuratively) sacrifice
    մեծ զոհերmec zohergreat sacrifice(s)
  3. (figuratively) victim
    զոհ դառնալ/գնալzoh daṙnal/gnalto fall victim (to)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *զորհ (*zorh) (compare the compound զորհասէր (zorhasēr)), borrowed from Middle Iranian *zōhr (victim), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jáwθraH.

Noun[edit]

զոհ (zoh)

  1. victim, sacrifice, immolation, host
    զոհ ողջակէզzoh ołǰakēzholocaust
    զոհ մատուցանելzoh matucʻanelto make a sacrifice
    զոհ առնել (զոք)zoh aṙnel (zokʻ)to kill

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: զոհ (zoh) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զոհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զոհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զոհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy