Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The original spelling is ծանաւթ (canawtʻ), from the root ծան- (can-, to know). For the suffix see ամօթ (amōtʻ).

Noun edit

ծանօթ (canōtʻ)

  1. known person, acquaintance, relative
    ծանօթք մերcanōtʻkʻ merour acquaintances, friends, the people of our acquaintance
  2. indication, token, sign
  3. disciple, scholar
  4. connoisseur, good judge of

Declension edit

Adjective edit

ծանօթ (canōtʻ)

  1. knowing, known, manifest; recognizable
    ծանօթս տալcanōtʻs talto make known, manifest, to disclose, to reveal; to make acquaintance with
    ծանօթս տալ զանձնէcanōtʻs tal zanjnēto make oneself known, to manifest or reveal oneself
    ի ծանօթս գալi canōtʻs galto be known, manifest or revealed
    ծանօթ լինելcanōtʻ linelto know, to be acquainted with

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծանոթ (canotʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծանօթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծանօթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy