հրեշտակ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian հրեշտակ (hreštak).

Pronunciation

Noun

հրեշտակ (hreštak)

  1. angel
    պահապան հրեշտակpahapan hreštakguardian angel

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

հրեշտակ (hreštak)

  1. messenger, envoy, ambassador, legate; deputy; courier, express
    հրեշտակս առնել, առաքել, արձակել, յղելhreštaks aṙnel, aṙakʻel, arjakel, yłelto send a messenger or ambassador
    հրեշտակ Հայրապետին Հռովմայhreštak Hayrapetin Hṙovmaynuncio, the Pope's nuncio
    հրեշտակ մարտի կամ հաշտութեանhreštak marti kam haštutʻeanherald
  2. angel
    հրեշտակքhreštakkʻthe angels, heavenly spirits
    պահապան հրեշտակpahapan hreštaktutelary or guardian-angel
    հրեշտակ տեառնhreštak teaṙnangelus
    բարի հրեշտակքbari hreštakkʻthe good angels
    չար հրեշտակքčʻar hreštakkʻthe evil spirits
    հրեշտա՛կդ իմhreštákd immy angel!, my darling!
  3. indication, sign, token

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: հրեշտակ (hreštak)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հրեշտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հրեշտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 532
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հրեշտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy