գլխագիր

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գլխագիր (glxagir).

Pronunciation

Noun

գլխագիր (glxagir)

  1. (rare) capital letter, capital, uppercase letter
    Synonyms: մեծատառ (mecataṙ), գլխատառ (glxataṙ)
    Antonym: փոքրատառ (pʻokʻrataṙ)

Declension

Adjective

գլխագիր (glxagir)

  1. (rare) capital, uppercase (of letters)
    Synonyms: մեծատառ (mecataṙ), գլխատառ (glxataṙ)
    Antonym: փոքրատառ (pʻokʻrataṙ)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

գլուխ (glux) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ գիր (gir)

Noun

գլխագիր (glxagir)

  1. inscription, title, heading
  2. (post-Classical) uppercase letter, capital letter

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: գլխագիր (glxagir)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գլխագիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “գլխագիր”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy