քաջ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian քաջ (kʻaǰ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

քաջ (kʻaǰ) (superlative ամենաքաջ)

  1. brave, courageous
    քաջ զինվորkʻaǰ zinvorbrave soldier
  2. good; excellent
    քաջ առողջությունkʻaǰ aṙoġǰutʻyungood health

Declension

Noun

քաջ (kʻaǰ)

  1. man of courage

Declension

Adverb

քաջ (kʻaǰ)

  1. excellently; perfectly (well)
    քաջ գիտակցելkʻaǰ gitakcʻelto know perfectly well

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Adjective

քաջ (kʻaǰ)

  1. good; excellent
  2. noble, distinguished, eminent; good, honest, worthy
    քաջ արանցkʻaǰ arancʻemperor, Caesar, Augustus
  3. brave, gallant, valiant, courageous, intrepid, valorous, manful, stout, bold, daring
    քաջ լե՛րkʻaǰ lércourage! be of good cheer!
  4. clever, excelling in, of good abilities, fit for

Declension

Noun

քաջ (kʻaǰ)

  1. hero; tutelar genius
  2. (Armenian mythology) kaj

Declension

Adverb

քաջ (kʻaǰ)

  1. good, well, right, suitably, very, much, very much
    քաջ ի բացkʻaǰ i bacʻvery far; very, much, much more
    կարի քաջ, կարի իսկ քաջkari kʻaǰ, kari isk kʻaǰvery well, as well as can be
    քաջ էkʻaǰ ēthat will do, that is settled; well, very well!
    վաղ քաջvał kʻaǰvery early

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քաջ (kʻaǰ), քաջք (kʻaǰkʻ)
  • Cappadocian Greek: κατσόρα (katsóra)
  • Georgian: ქაჯი (kaǯi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քաջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քաջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քաջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press