գետ

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Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Armenian գետ (get).

Noun

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գետ (get)

  1. river
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Etymology 2

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From Old Armenian գէտ (gēt).

Adjective

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գետ (get) (traditional orthography spelling գէտ, superlative ամենագետ)

  1. (rare) knowing, having the knowledge
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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wed-os-, from *wed- (water). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδος (húdos, water), Sanskrit उत्स (útsa, spring, fountain). Related to Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Noun

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գետ (get)

  1. river
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Yałags harcʻman ew lucman [On Questions and Solutions] 7:
      եւ երթեալ յեզր գետոյն, որու Ախուրեանն կոչեն
      ew ertʻeal yezr getoyn, oru Axureann kočʻen
      and I went to the shore of the river, which they call Axurean

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գետ (get)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 18
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 205