Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian գոդի (godi).

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

գոդի (godi) (superlative ամենագոդի) (dialectal)

  1. bedridden, weak, flaccid; paralytic
  2. ugly
  3. lazy, idle
  4. light-minded, crazy
  5. boasting
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “գոթի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “գոդի”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “գոթի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 276b

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps related to գոթի (gotʻi, worship, sorcery).

Noun edit

գոդի (godi)

  1. (Karabakh) the female personage of the rain-invoking ritual and the doll personifying her; Regenmädchen
Declension edit

References edit

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 222

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps of the same origin as գոթի (gotʻi). See also Turkish kötü.

Adjective edit

գոդի (godi)

  1. leprous

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գոդի (godi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 221