ծէս
Middle Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Georgian წესი (c̣esi).[1]
Noun
ծէս • (cēs)
- rite, ritual, ceremony
- 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi, Angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] § 647:
- […] եւ զիրենց աւրինացն ծէսն որ ինչպէս էր՝ արաւ […]
- […] ew zirencʻ awrinacʻn cēsn or inčʻpēs ēr, araw […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- […] եւ զիրենց աւրինացն ծէսն որ ինչպէս էր՝ արաւ […]
Descendants
- Armenian: ծես (ces)
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “ծէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 454ab
Further reading
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben; Avetisyan, Henrik (2009), “ծէս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 345b
- Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ծէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1015b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “ծէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 310a