աշխարհակալ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աշխարհակալ (ašxarhakal).

Pronunciation

Noun

աշխարհակալ (ašxarhakal)

  1. great conqueror; emperor

Declension

Adjective

աշխարհակալ (ašxarhakal) (superlative ամենաաշխարհակալ)

  1. ruling an empire

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From աշխարհ (ašxarh) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ կալում (kalum). The whole formation is a calque of Iranian: compare Parthian 𐫢𐫍𐫡𐫅𐫀𐫡 (šhrdʾr, lord (of the land), king), Middle Persian (štr'dʾl /⁠šahr-yār⁠/, lord, sovereign, ruler, literally holding the world), Persian شهریار (šahryâr).

Noun

աշխարհակալ (ašxarhakal)

  1. cosmocrat, ruler of the world
  2. ruler; governor

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

աշխարհակալ (ašxarhakal)

  1. enveloping the world
    աշխարհակալ ծովašxarhakal covocean

Descendants

  • Armenian: աշխարհակալ (ašxarhakal)

Further reading

  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “աշխարհակալ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աշխարհակալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 735
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աշխարհակալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy