օրհաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian օրհաս (ōrhas).

Pronunciation

Noun

օրհաս (ōrhas)

  1. the last day, hour or moments of life before death
  2. (figuratively) end, finish

Declension

Derived terms

  • օրհասաբեր (ōrhasaber)
  • օրհասել (ōrhasel)

References

  • օրհաս”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), օրհաս”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), օրհաս”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

օր (ōr) + հասանեմ (hasanem)

Noun

օրհաս (ōrhas)

  1. the day at which a person is fated to die, one's appointed time
    օրհաս մահուōrhas mahuthe point of death, death's-door
    յօրհաս իւր ճեպելyōrhas iwr čepelto run to one's ruin
    ժամանէ յօրհաս վախճանինžamanē yōrhas vaxčaninhis last hour is at hand

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: օրհաս (ōrhas)

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), օրհաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), օրհաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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