գոթի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Adjective

գոթի (gotʿi) (superlative ամենագոթի)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of գոդի (godi)

Declension

References

  • Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), գոթի”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan tentatively suggests derivation from Proto-Armenian *god-i- (worship, pagan cult), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-, *gʷʰodʰ-. See also գոդի (godi) and գոդի (godi).

Noun

գոթի (gotʿi)

  1. worship, sorcery

Derived terms

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 222
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գոթի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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