աշխարհակալ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From աշխարհ (ašxarh) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ կալում (kalum). The whole formation is a calque of Middle Persian [script needed] (štr'dʾl /šahr-yār/, “lord, sovereign, ruler”, literally “holding the world”).

Noun

աշխարհակալ • (ašxarhakal)

  1. ruler

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