ջատագով

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ջատագով (ǰatagov).

Pronunciation

Noun

ջատագով • (ǰatagov)

  1. advocate, supporter
  2. apologist

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾtkgwb' /⁠ǰādag-gō(w)⁠/, advocate, intercessor), composed of [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾtk' /⁠ǰādag⁠/, share, portion; case, cause) and [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwptn' /⁠guftan⁠/, to say, speak).

Noun

ջատագով • (ǰatagov)

  1. advocate, defender

Declension

Derived terms

  • ջատագովեմ (ǰatagovem)
  • ջատագովութիւն (ǰatagovutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ջատագով (ǰatagov)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ջատագով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ջատագով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 232
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջատագով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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