գոթի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Adjective

գոթի • (gotʻi) (superlative ամենագոթի)

  1. Alternative form of գոդի (godi)

Declension

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 • (gotʻi)

  1. worship, sorcery

Derived terms

References

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