ոսկեքար

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ոսկեքար (oskekʻar).

Pronunciation

Noun

ոսկեքար • (oskekʻar)

  1. (literary) chrysolite

Usage notes

Usually found in modern Armenian translations of Old Armenian works where this word is attested. Also sometimes encountered in poetry.

Declension

Old Armenian

FWOTD – 5 March 2021

Etymology

From ոսկի (oski) + -ա- (-a-) + քար (kʻar). Calque of Ancient Greek χρυσόλιθος (khrusólithos).

Noun

ոսկեքար • (oskekʻar)

  1. chrysolite
    Synonym: ոսկեակն (oskeakn)
    • 5th century, Bible, Ezekiel 28.13:
      [] զմեղեսիկն, զոսկեքարն, զբիւրեղն, զեղնգնաքարն
      [] zmełesikn, zoskekʻarn, zbiwrełn, zełngnakʻarn
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        [] and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx
    • 5th century, Bible, Revelation 21.20:
      [] եւթներորդն` ոսկեքար []
      [] ewtʻnerordn` oskekʻar []
      [] the seventh, chrysolite []

Descendants

  • Armenian: ոսկեքար (oskekʻar) (learned)

Further reading

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