գաղթ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գաղթ (gałtʿ)

Pronunciation

Noun

գաղթ (gałtʿ)

  1. migration, emigration, immigration

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from the oblique cases and compounds of գաղութ (gałutʿ), the oblique stem and combining form of which is գաղթ- (gałtʿ-).[1][2]

Noun

գաղթ (gałtʿ)

  1. emigration, flight
  2. (collectively) colonists, settlers, refugees

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 302
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), գաղթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 505ab

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), գաղթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 524a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), գաղթ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 201a
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), գաղթ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 340b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գաղթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 109b
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