գուշակ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian գուշակ (gušak).

Pronunciation

Noun

գուշակ (gušak)

  1. soothsayer, diviner
  2. sign, portent, presage

Declension

References

  • գուշակ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "MIr." is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. *gōšak, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "OIr." is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. *gauša-ka- (literally listener), from Proto-Iranian *gauš-, on which see گوش (gôš). Akin to Middle Persian gwšk' (gōšag, spy), Ossetian хъу́сӕг (qúsæg) / и-гъосӕг (i-ǧosæg, listener), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Georgian loanword გუშაგი (gušagi, guardsman) and Aramaic 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 (gwškʾ, a Persian official: spy), an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian loanword.

Noun

գուշակ (gušak)

  1. spy, informer
    մատն եւ գուշակ լինելmatn ew gušak linelto denounce, to impeach, to accuse
  2. soothsayer, diviner, prophet
  3. sign, portent, presage
    գուշակ գարնայնոյgušak garnaynoyportent of spring

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գուշակ (gušak)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գուշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գուշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “գուշակ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “գուշակ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գուշակ”, 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, pages 596–597