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վեղար

վեղար

Armenian

Armenian Catholicos and two Armenian clerics wearing veghars. The Georgian Catholicos wears a koukoulion.

Noun

վեղար (vełar)

  1. veghar
  2. (figuratively, architecture) the pointed dome of Armenian churches

Declension

Synonyms

  • (veghar): կնգուղ (knguł)

Derived terms

  • անվեղար (anvełar)
  • վեղարակիր (vełarakir)
  • վեղարավոր (vełaravor)

See also


Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բեղար (bełar)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βηλάρι (bēlári), βηλάριον (bēlárion, cloth; altar covering; curtain), from Latin vēlārium. The Byzantine Greek words are attested, even though Ačaṙyan did not know about them.

Noun

վեղար (vełar)

  1. veghar

Synonyms

  • կնգուղ (knguł)

Related terms

  • վաղար (vałar)

Descendants

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), վեղար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 735
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), վեղար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 328b