գուշակ

From Old Armenian գուշակ (gušak).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈʃɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃɑɡ/,

գուշակ • (gušak)

1. soothsayer, diviner
2. sign, portent, presage

• “գուշակ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

From Middle Iranian *gōšak, from Old Iranian *gauša-ka- (literally “listener”), from Proto-Iranian *gauš-, on which see گوش (gôš). Akin to Middle Persian gwšk' (gōšag, “spy”), Ossetian хъу́сӕг (qúsæg) / и-гъосӕг (i-ǧosæg, “listener”), Georgian loanword გუშაგი (gušagi, “guardsman”) and Aramaic 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 (gwškʾ, “a Persian official: spy”), an Old Persian loanword.

գուշակ • (gušak)

1. spy, informer

   մատն եւ գուշակ լինել ― matn ew gušak linel ― to denounce, to impeach, to accuse

2. soothsayer, diviner, prophet
3. sign, portent, presage

   գուշակ գարնայնոյ ― gušak garnaynoy ― portent of spring

• գոյշ (goyš)
• բանդագուշիմ (bandagušim) (possibly)

• Armenian: գուշակ (gušak)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գուշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գուշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “գուշակ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “գուշակ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գուշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 596–597