վկայ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (vīkaiia), Parthian 𐫇𐫏𐫃𐫀𐫆 (wygʾẖ /⁠wigāh⁠/), Middle Persian [script needed] (gwkʾdy /⁠gugāy⁠/), Persian گواه (govâh, witness) and see the latter for more.

Noun

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վկայ (vkay)

  1. witness, testifier
    Աստուած ինձ վկայAstuac inj vkayGod is my witness
    վկայ լինելvkay linelto be a witness of, the witnesses of, to be admitted as evidence
    վկայ կոչելvkay kočʻelto summon as witness; to invoke or call on to witness
    վկայ առնուլvkay aṙnulto take to witness
  2. martyr
    Synonym: մարտիրոս (martiros)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վկա (vka)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վկայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (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) “վկայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 910
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վկայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy