Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian աստուած (astuac).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աստված (astvac) (traditional orthography spelling աստուած)

  1. god
  2. (often capitalized, singular only) God of Christianity

Usage notes edit

In the sense of “God” the word usually does not take a definite article in the nominative case.

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աստուած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 282a
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2019) “Traces of Indo-European ‘Father Sky, God’ in Armenian”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 197