Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վեհ (veh).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

վեհ (veh) (superlative ամենավեհ)

  1. valuable, precious, prized
  2. amazing, awesome, sublime
  3. lofty, elevated, high
    վեհ գաղափարներveh gaġapʻarnerlofty ideals
  4. noble, exalted, high-minded
  5. (religious) His Holiness (epithet given to the Catholicos of All Armenians)

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian wyh (weh, better, good), whence Persian به (beh); see there for more.

Adjective edit

վեհ (veh)

  1. sublime, majestic, imposing, high, elevated, superior, grand, noble, generous
    կերպարան վեհkerparan vehimposing aspect
    վեհ ինձ Արտաշէս պարթեւ քան զմակեդոնացին Աղեքսանդրveh inj Artašēs partʻew kʻan zmakedonacʻin AłekʻsandrArtaxerxes the Parthian seems to me to be superior to Alexander the Macedonian
  2. divine, godlike, supernatural, celestial, heavenly

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վեհ (veh)
  • Georgian: ვეჰი (vehi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վեհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վեհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press