ծէս

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Georgian წესი (c̣esi).[1]

Noun

ծէս (cēs)

  1. rite, ritual, ceremony
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi, Angitacʻ anpēt § 647:
      եւ զիրենց աւրինացն ծէսն որ ինչպէս էր՝ արաւ
      [] ew zirencʻ awrinacʻn cēsn or inčʻpēs ēr, araw []

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծես (ces)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 454ab

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