մահտեսի

• մղդեսի (mġdesi), մուղդուսի (muġdusi), մղդսի (mġdsi), մուխսի (muxsi)

Inherited from Middle Armenian, from Arabic مقدسي (maqdisiyy, “Jerusalemite”). Reshaped within Armenian as մահ (mah, “death”) +‎ տեսի (tesi, “I saw”).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑhteˈsi/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑhdeˈsi/,

մահտեսի • (mahtesi) (dialectal)

1. someone who has completed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

մահտեսի • (mahtesi) (dialectal)

1. having made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

• մահտեսություն (mahtesutʻyun)
• Մահտեսի (Mahtesi)
• Մղդեսյան (Mġdesyan)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մահտեսի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 236a
• Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Մղդեսյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 242
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Մահտեսի”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 171-172
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “մահտեսի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 959b
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մահտեսի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 243a
• “մահտեսի”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 467b