գօտի
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գաւտի (gawti)
Etymology
Uncertain. The original spelling is գաւտի (gawti). Olsen derives from Iranian *gaβtia, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to hold”), connecting also with the ending of պարեգաւտ (paregawt, “coat, tunic”),[1][2] but this root is not attested in Iranian. J̌ahukyan compares to Old Georgian ღუედი (ɣuedi).[3]
Noun
գօտի • (gōti)
- girdle, belt
- գօտի ածել, գօտի ընդ մէջ ածել ― gōti acel, gōti ənd mēǰ acel ― to gird, to tie or to draw close round the body; to be prompt
- (astrology) belt of the sky
- (geography) zone
- այրեցած գօտի ― ayrecʿac gōti ― torrid zone
- բարեխառն գօտի ― barexaṙn gōti ― temperate zone
- սառուցեալ գօտի ― saṙucʿeal gōti ― glacial zone
- (figuratively) rainbow; mountain ridge; a corridor in a palace
- գօտի լերանց ― gōti lerancʿ ― chain of mountains
- գօտի աստուածական, տէրունեան, Արամազդայ ― gōti astuacakan, tērunean, Aramazday ― rainbow
Usage notes
The word has five combining forms: գօտի- (gōti-), գօտե- (gōte-), գօտէ- (gōtē-), գօտեւ- (gōtew-) and գօտել- (gōtel-)
Declension
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գօտի (gōti) | գօտիք (gōtikʿ) | |
| genitive | գօտւոյ (gōtwoy) | գօտեաց (gōteacʿ) | |
| dative | գօտւոյ (gōtwoy) | գօտեաց (gōteacʿ) | |
| accusative | գօտի (gōti) | գօտիս (gōtis) | |
| ablative | գօտւոյ (gōtwoy) | գօտեաց (gōteacʿ) | |
| instrumental | գօտեաւ (gōteaw) | գօտեօք (gōteōkʿ) | |
| locative | գօտի (gōti) | գօտիս (gōtis) |
Derived terms
- անգօտի (angōti)
- գօտելած (gōtelac)
- գօտելարձակ (gōtelarjak)
- գօտելոյծ (gōteloyc)
- գօտեպինդ (gōtepind)
- գօտեւած (gōtewac)
- գօտեւոր (gōtewor)
- գօտեւորեմ (gōteworem)
- գօտեւորիմ (gōteworim)
- գօտէլոյծ (gōtēloyc)
- գօտէկռիւ (gōtēkṙiw)
- գօտէկռուութիւն (gōtēkṙuutʿiwn)
- գօտէմարտ (gōtēmart)
- գօտէմարտիմ (gōtēmartim)
- գօտէմարտութիւն (gōtēmartutʿiwn)
- գօտէպինդ (gōtēpind)
- գօտէպնդիմ (gōtēpndim)
- գօտիածու (gōtiacu)
- ընդգօտեմ (əndgōtem)
- համագօտի (hamagōti)
- համագօտութիւն (hamagōtutʿiwn)
- միագօտեալ (miagōteal)
- միագօտի (miagōti)
- շրջագօտիմ (šrǰagōtim)
- ոսկեգօտի (oskegōti)
- պարագօտիմ (paragōtim)
- քաջագօտի (kʿaǰagōti)
Descendants
- Armenian: գոտի (goti)
References
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 874
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017-07-26), “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore; Michel, Cécile; Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, DOI:, →ISBN, page 196
- Джаукян, Г. Б. (1967) Взаимоотношение индоевропейских, хурритско-урартских и кавказских языков [The interrelationship of Indo-European, Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 97, 188
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գօտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գօտի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գօտի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy