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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܦܠܛܝܐ (plāṭīā, “square, public street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).
Noun
պողոտայ • (połotay)
- square
- the centre or the chief square of a city
- thoroughfare, broad street
5th century,
Agatʻangełos,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 206:
[1]- Արդ՝ ելեալ դահճապետն պարծելով՝ չարամահ առնել զնա, եւ ետ հանել զնոսա շղթայիւք ի քաղաքէն ընդ դուռն հարաւոյ, ընդ կողմն պողոտային որ հանէր ի Մեծամօրի կամուրջն, ի տեղին յայն, ուր սովոր էին սպանանել զամենայն մահապարտս, ի ճախճախուտ տեղի մի, մօտ ի պարկէն փոսին որ շուրջ գայր զքաղաքաւն։ Եւ վարեցին չորս չորս ցիցս միում միում ի նոցանէն։
- Ard, eleal dahčapetn parcelov, čʻaramah aṙnel zna, ew et hanel znosa šłtʻayiwkʻ i kʻałakʻēn ənd duṙn harawoy, ənd kołmn połotayin or hanēr i Mecamōri kamurǰn, i tełin yayn, ur sovor ēin spananel zamenayn mahaparts, i čaxčaxut tełi mi, mōt i parkēn pʻosin or šurǰ gayr zkʻałakʻawn. Ew varecʻin čʻors čʻors cʻicʻs mium mium i nocʻanēn.
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- So the chief-executioner came out boasting that he would put her to a cruel death. He had them taken in chains out of the city by the South Gate, along the road that leads to the Metsamawr bridge, to the place where they were accustomed to execute those condemned to death, a marshy place near the moat which ran round the city. And they brought four stakes for each one of them.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: պողոտա (poġota) (learned)
References
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պողոտայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պողոտայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պողոտայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press