վեղար

Armenian

Armenian Catholicos and two Armenian clerics wearing veghars. The Georgian Catholicos wears a koukoulion.

Etymology

From Middle Armenian վեղար (veġar), from Byzantine Greek βηλάρι (bēlári), βηλάριον (bēlárion, cloth; altar covering; curtain), from Latin vēlārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

վեղար • (veġar)

  1. veghar
    Synonym: կնգուղ (knguġ)
  2. (figuratively, architecture) the pointed dome of Armenian churches

Declension

Derived terms

  • անվեղար (anveġar)
  • վեղարակիր (veġarakir)
  • վեղարավոր (veġaravor)

Descendants

  • English: veghar

See also

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բեղար (beġar)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βηλάρι (bēlári), βηλάριον (bēlárion, cloth; altar covering; curtain), from Latin vēlārium.

Noun

վեղար • (veġar)

  1. veghar
    Synonym: կնգուղ (knguġ)
  • վաղար (vaġar)

Descendants

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “վեղար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 735
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վեղար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 328b. The Byzantine Greek words are attested, even though Ačaṙyan did not know about them.
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