մահտեսի

See also: Մահտեսի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մղդեսի (młdesi), մուղդուսի (mułdusi), մղդսի (młdsi), մուխսի (muxsi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Armenian, from Arabic مقدسي (maqdisiyy, Jerusalemite). Reshaped within Armenian as մահ (mah, death) + տեսի (tesi, I saw).

Pronunciation

Noun

մահտեսի (mahtesi) (dialectal)

  1. someone who has completed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Declension

Adjective

մահտեսի (mahtesi) (dialectal)

  1. having made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Declension

Derived terms

  • մահտեսություն (mahtesutʿyun)
  • Մահտեսի (Mahtesi)
  • Մղդեսյան (Młdesyan)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), մահտեսի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 236a
  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000), Մղդեսյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʿ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 242
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1946), Մահտեսի”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 171-172
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), մահտեսի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 959b
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), մահտեսի”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 243a
  • մահտեսի”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 467b
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