Armenian

Noun

գուշակ • ‎(gušak)

1. soothsayer, diviner
2. sign, portent, presage

Declension

References

• “գուշակ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *gōšak, from Old Iranian *gauša-ka- ‎(literally “listener”), from Proto-Iranian *gauš-, on which see گوش ‎(gôš). Akin to Middle Persian gwšk' ‎(gōšag, “spy”), Ossetian хъу́сӕг ‎(qúsæg) / и-гъосӕг ‎(i-ǧosæg, “listener”), Georgian loanword გუშაგი ‎(gušagi, “guardsman”) and Aramaic 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 ‎(gwškʾ, “a Persian official: spy”), an Old Persian loanword.

Noun

գուշակ • ‎(gušak)

1. spy, informer

   մատն եւ գուշակ լինել‎ ― matn ew gušak linel ― to denounce, to impeach, to accuse

2. soothsayer, diviner, prophet
3. sign, portent, presage

   գուշակ գարնայնոյ‎ ― gušak garnaynoy ― portent of spring

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: գուշակ ‎(gušak)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գուշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գուշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “գուշակ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “գուշակ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գուշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 596–597