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Աժդահակ

Աժդահակ

Armenian

Proper noun

Աժդահակ (Aždahak)

  1. (Armenian mythology) Azhdahak
  2. Azhdahak (mountain)

Declension

Related terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Parthian *aždahāk (compare Manichaean Parthian ʾjdhʾg (aždahāg)), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (Aži Dahāka), a figure of Iranian mythology. See Persian اژدها (aždahâ) for more.

Proper noun

Աժդահակ (Aždahak)

  1. (Armenian mythology) Azhdahak

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), Աժդահակ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Russel J. R. (1987), “AŽDAHĀ: iv. Armenian Aždahak”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2013-08-25

աժդահակ

աժդահակ

Armenian

Noun

աժդահակ (aždahak)

  1. Alternative form of աժդահա (aždaha)

Declension

Adjective

աժդահակ (aždahak) (superlative ամենաաժդահակ)

  1. Alternative form of աժդահա (aždaha)

Declension

References

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