վեհ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian վեհ (veh).

Pronunciation

Adjective

վեհ (veh) (superlative ամենավեհ)

  1. valuable, precious, prized
  2. amazing, awesome, sublime
  3. lofty, elevated, high
    վեհ գաղափարներveh gaġapʻarnerlofty ideals
  4. noble, exalted, high-minded
  5. (religious) His Holiness (epithet given to the Catholicos of All Armenians)

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian wyh (weh, better, good), whence Persian به (bih); see there for more.

Adjective

վեհ (veh)

  1. sublime, majestic, imposing, high, elevated, superior, grand, noble, generous
    կերպարան վեհkerparan vehimposing aspect
    վեհ ինձ Արտաշէս պարթեւ քան զմակեդոնացին Աղեքսանդրveh inj Artašēs partʻew kʻan zmakedonacʻin AłekʻsandrArtaxerxes the Parthian seems to me to be superior to Alexander the Macedonian
  2. divine, godlike, supernatural, celestial, heavenly

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: վեհ (veh)
  • Georgian: ვეჰი (vehi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վեհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վեհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press