ժանտախտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ժանտախտ (žantaxt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ժանտախտ • (žantaxt)

  1. plague
    ժանտախտի նման տարածվելžantaxti nman taracvelto spread very rapidly, to spread like wildfire
  2. (figuratively) dangerous education, ideology, or doctrine
  3. (figuratively) socially harmful situation or habit
  4. (offensively) used as a curse
    Դա մարդ չէ, ժանտախտ է:Da mard čʻē, žantaxt ē:He's not a man, he's a plague.

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

ժանտ (žant) + ախտ (axt)

Noun

ժանտախտ • (žantaxt)

  1. plague; pestilence, contagion, mortality, disease
    հարկանել, վարակել ժանտախտիւharkanel, varakel žantaxtiwto plague, to infect with the plague
    հարեալ ի ժանտախտէhareal i žantaxtēplague-stricken, infected with the plague
    ճարակեցաւ ժանտախտ ի զօրունčarakecʻaw žantaxt i zōrunthe plague broke out in the army
    կեղտ ժանտախտիkełt žantaxtiplague-spot

Declension

Synonyms

  • ժանտամահ (žantamah)

Derived terms

  • ժանտախտական (žantaxtakan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ժանտախտ (žantaxt)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ժանտախտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ժանտախտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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