Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From զավթ (zavtʻ), ultimately from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

զավթել (zavtʻel)

  1. to conquer, to seize
  2. to steal
  3. to subjugate, to control

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References edit

  • զավթել”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980