Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վհատ (vhat)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

վհատ (vhat) (superlative ամենավհատ)

  1. hopeless, despairing

Declension edit

Adverb edit

վհատ (vhat)

  1. hopelessly, despairingly

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. The word has a shape of an Iranian loan.

Adjective edit

վհատ (vhat)

  1. disheartened, faint-hearted, discouraged, despondent

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վհատ (vhat)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վհատ”, 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 345a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վհատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վհատ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 712—713
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վհատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy