Tsaghkotn

Tsaghkotn

English

Alternative forms

• Tsakhkotn
• Dsakhgodn (from the Western Armenian pronunciation)
• Tsalkotn (from the historical Old Armenian pronunciation)
• Całkotn (from the scholarly transliteration)

Etymology

From Armenian Ծաղկոտն (Całkotn).

Proper noun

Tsaghkotn

1. (historical) One of the cantons of Ayrarat province of Greater Armenia.

Translations

canton of Greater Armenia

Armenian: Ծաղկոտն (Całkotn) Old Armenian: Ծաղկոտն (Całkotn)

Georgian: კალკოიტნი (ḳalḳoiṭni) Urartian: 𒆳𒇻𒃻𒀀𒂊 (KUR.lu-šá-a-e /Luša/)

Further reading

• Hewsen, Robert H. (1992) The Geography of Ananias of Širak (Ašxarhac‘oyc‘): the long and the short recensions. Introduction, translation and commentary (Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften); 77), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 211, 214