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 [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 454ab

Further reading

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ծէս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 345b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ծէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1015b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 310a