գոդի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian գոդի (godi).

Alternative forms

Adjective

գոդի • (godi) (superlative ամենագոդի) (dialectal)

  1. bedridden, weak, flaccid; paralytic
  2. ugly
  3. lazy, idle
  4. light-minded, crazy
  5. boasting
Declension
Derived terms
  • գոթի յարա (gotʻi yara, syphilis)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “գոթի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “գոդի”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “գոթի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 276b

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to գոթի (gotʻi, worship, sorcery).

Noun

գոդի • (godi)

  1. (Karabakh) the female personage of the rain-invoking ritual and the doll personifying her; Regenmädchen
Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 222

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գօդի (gōdi)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps of the same origin as գոթի (gotʻi). See also Turkish kötü.

Adjective

գոդի • (godi)

  1. leprous

Declension

Derived terms

  • գոդատուն (godatun)
  • գոդենամ (godenam)
  • գոդենոց (godenocʻ)
  • գոդեստան (godestan)
  • գոդետուն (godetun)
  • գոդութիւն (godutʻiwn)
  • գոթենոց (gotʻenocʻ)
  • գոթութիւն (gotʻutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գոդի (godi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 221
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