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գովասան

գովասան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գովքասան (govkʿasan)

Noun

գովասան (govasan)

  1. one that praises, praiser

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually considered an inner-Armenian formation as գով (gov) + ասեմ (asem) + -ան (-an), but Asatryan argues for a possibility of borrowing from early Parthian *gōβ(a)sān (praise-sayer, panegyrist), on which see gwsʾn. See also վիպասան (vipasan).

Noun

գովասան (govasan)

  1. one that praises, praiser, panegyrist

Declension

Derived terms

  • գովասանական (govasanakan)
  • գովասանեմ (govasanem)
  • գովասանութիւն (govasanutʿiwn)

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գովասան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գովասան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Asatrjan, G. S. (2013), “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, ISBN 978-5-4469-0127-2, page 104