հրաշակերտ

Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian հրաշակերտ (hrašakert).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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հրաշակերտ (hrašakert) (superlative ամենահրաշակերտ)

  1. extremely well built or done, wonderful, amazing

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Noun

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հրաշակերտ (hrašakert)

  1. masterpiece, wonder

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Probably wholly borrowed from Iranian, rather than formed in Armenian as հրաշ (hraš) + -ակերտ (-akert). Compare Middle Persian plškrt' (fraš(a)gird), Manichaean Middle Persian prš(y)gyrd (frašīγird).

Adjective

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հրաշակերտ (hrašakert)

  1. extremely well built or done, wonderful, astonishing, surprising

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Noun

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հրաշակերտ (hrašakert)

  1. masterpiece, wonder
    եօթն հրաշակերտքeōtʻn hrašakertkʻthe seven wonders

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հրաշակերտ (hrašakert)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հրաշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հրաշակերտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995) “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 183–186