աստեղաբան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian աստեղաբան (astełaban).

Pronunciation

Noun

աստեղաբան • (asteġaban)

  1. (archaic) astrologer

Declension

Synonyms

  • աստղագուշակ (astġagušak)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From աստեղ- (asteł-, star) + -ա- (-a-) + բան (ban, speech, word), on the model of Ancient Greek ἀστρο-λόγος (astro-lógos). The word is not attested classically, but աստեղաբանութիւն (astełabanutʻiwn) and աստեղաբանակ (astełabanak) are.

Noun

աստեղաբան • (astełaban)

  1. (post-Classical) astronomer
  2. (post-Classical) astrologer

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: աստեղաբան (asteġaban)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աստեղաբան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “աստեղաբան”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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