Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian գովեստ (govest).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գովեստ (govest)

  1. praise, laudation

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

գովեմ (govem) +‎ -ստ (-st)

Noun edit

գովեստ (govest)

  1. praise, eulogy, panegyric
  2. incense
  3. glory

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գովեստ (govest)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գովեստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 671–673