վհատ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վհատ (vhat)

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ

Adjective

վհատ (vhat) (superlative ամենավհատ)

  1. hopeless, despairing

Declension

Adverb

վհատ (vhat)

  1. hopelessly, despairingly

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. The word has a shape of an Iranian loan.

Adjective

վհատ (vhat)

  1. disheartened, faint-hearted, discouraged, despondent

Declension

Derived terms

  • անվհատելի (anvhateli)
  • վհատագոյն (vhatagoyn)
  • վհատեմ (vhatem)
  • վհատեցուցիչ (vhatecʿucʿičʿ)
  • վհատիմ (vhatim)
  • վհատութիւն (vhatutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: վհատ (vhat)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), վհատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 345a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), վհատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), վհատ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 712—713
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), վհատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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