Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Orirign unknown.

Noun

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հանգոյց (hangoycʻ)

  1. knot
    գորդեան հանգոյցgordean hangoycʻthe Gordian knot
    հանգոյց առնուլhangoycʻ aṙnulto make or tie a knot, to knot
    արձակել զհանգոյցնarjakel zhangoycʻnto untie, to loosen or undo a knot
    լուծանել զհանգոյցսնlucanel zhangoycʻsnto untie or cut the knot of a difficulty or question, to delucidate
    վերելից/վերամբարձ հանգոյցverelicʻ/verambarj hangoycʻ(in astronomy) ascending node
    վայրաբեր հանգոյցvayraber hangoycʻ(in astronomy) descending node
    գիծ հանգուցիցgic hangucʻicʻ(in astronomy) nodal line
  2. tie, bond
  3. station, post, stage, resting-place
    հանգոյց ի հանգուցէ փախչելhangoycʻ i hangucʻē pʻaxčʻelto flee by post, or by relays of horses
  4. (botany) knot, joint
  5. (figuratively) knotty point, rub, difficulty, intricacy, tangle
  6. (music) note
  7. (as an adjective) full of difficulties, complicated

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հանգույց (hanguycʻ)

References

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