գոդի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian գոդի (godi).

Alternative forms

Adjective

գոդի (godi) (superlative ամենագոդի) (dialectal)

  1. bedridden, weak, flaccid; paralytic
  2. ugly
  3. lazy, idle
  4. light-minded, crazy
  5. boasting
Declension
Derived terms
  • գոթի յարա (gotʿi yara, syphilis)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), գոթի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), գոդի”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), գոթի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 276b

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to գոթի (gotʿi, worship, sorcery).

Noun

գոդի (godi)

  1. (Karabakh) the female personage of the rain-invoking ritual and the doll personifying her; Regenmädchen
Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 222

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գօդի (gōdi)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps of the same origin as գոթի (gotʿi). See also Turkish kötü.

Adjective

գոդի (godi)

  1. leprous

Declension

Derived terms

  • գոդատուն (godatun)
  • գոդենամ (godenam)
  • գոդենոց (godenocʿ)
  • գոդեստան (godestan)
  • գոդետուն (godetun)
  • գոդութիւն (godutʿiwn)
  • գոթենոց (gotʿenocʿ)
  • գոթութիւն (gotʿutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գոդի (godi)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գոդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գոդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գոդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 221
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