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մարգարէ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing. Compare Parthian 𐫖𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫃𐫡 (mʾrygr /⁠mārigar⁠/, sorcerer, incantator), 𐫖𐫍𐫡𐫏𐫃𐫡 (mhrygr /⁠mahrīgar⁠/, sorcerer) and especially Sogdian [script needed] (mʾrkrʾy, soothsayer), [script needed] (mʾrkrʾk /⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, soothsayer). Aghwan 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕘𐔰𐕛𐔴𐕎 (marġaven) is also from Iranian.

Noun

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մարգարէ (margarē)

  1. prophet

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մարգարե (margare)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մարգարէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարգարէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Gippert, Jost (2017) “Armeno-Albanica II: Exchanging doves”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen et al., editors, Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European; 8)‎[1], Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, page 181
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 11
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 534
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարգարէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy