Togarmah

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew תּוֹגַרְמָה (tōḡarmā).

Proper noun

Togarmah

1. A grandson of Japheth in the Old Testament; traditional ancestor of Armenians, sometimes also of Georgians.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 27:14:
     :

     They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Usage notes

• The Biblical “House of Togarmah” probably referred to the Proto-Armenian kingdom centered around Melitene.

Translations

grandson of Japheth

• Arabic: تُوجَرْمَة m (tūjarma)
• Armenian: Թորգոմ (Tʻorgom)
• Georgian: თარგამოს (targamos)
• German: Thorgama m, Togarma m
• Greek: Θοργαμά m (Thorgamá)

  Ancient: Θοργαμά m (Thorgamá)

• Hebrew: תּוֹגַרְמָה (togarmá)
• Latin: Thogorma m
• Russian: Фогарма́ m (Fogarmá)