գօտի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. The original spelling is գաւտի (gawti). Olsen derives from Iranian *gaβtia, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to hold”), connecting also with the ending of պարեգաւտ (paregawt, “coat, tunic”),[1][2] but this root is not attested in Iranian. J̌ahukyan compares to Old Georgian ღუედი (ɣuedi).[3]

Noun

գօտի • (gōti)

  1. girdle, belt
    գօտի ածել, գօտի ընդ մէջ ածել ― gōti acel, gōti ənd mēǰ acel ― to gird, to tie or to draw close round the body; to be prompt
  2. (astrology) belt of the sky
  3. (geography) zone
    այրեցած գօտի ― ayrecʻac gōti ― torrid zone
    բարեխառն գօտի ― barexaṙn gōti ― temperate zone
    սառուցեալ գօտի ― saṙucʻeal gōti ― glacial zone
  4. (figuratively) rainbow; mountain ridge; a corridor in a palace
    գօտի լերանց ― gōti lerancʻ ― chain of mountains
    գօտի աստուածական, տէրունեան, Արամազդայ ― gōti astuacakan, tērunean, Aramazday ― rainbow

Usage notes

The word has five combining forms: գօտի- (gōti-), գօտե- (gōte-), գօտէ- (gōtē-), գօտեւ- (gōtew-) and գօտել- (gōtel-)

Declension
o-a-type
singular plural
nominative գօտի (gōti) գօտիք (gōtikʻ)
genitive գօտւոյ (gōtwoy) գօտեաց (gōteacʻ)
dative գօտւոյ (gōtwoy) գօտեաց (gōteacʻ)
accusative գօտի (gōti) գօտիս (gōtis)
ablative գօտւոյ (gōtwoy) գօտեաց (gōteacʻ)
instrumental գօտեաւ (gōteaw) գօտեօք (gōteōkʻ)
locative գօտի (gōti) գօտիս (gōtis)

Derived terms
  • անգօտի (angōti)
  • գօտելած (gōtelac)
  • գօտելարձակ (gōtelarjak)
  • գօտելոյծ (gōteloyc)
  • գօտեպինդ (gōtepind)
  • գօտեւած (gōtewac)
  • գօտեւոր (gōtewor)
  • գօտեւորեմ (gōteworem)
  • գօտեւորիմ (gōteworim)
  • գօտէլոյծ (gōtēloyc)
  • գօտէկռիւ (gōtēkṙiw)
  • գօտէկռուութիւն (gōtēkṙuutʻiwn)
  • գօտէմարտ (gōtēmart)
  • գօտէմարտիմ (gōtēmartim)
  • գօտէմարտութիւն (gōtēmartutʻiwn)
  • գօտէպինդ (gōtēpind)
  • գօտէպնդիմ (gōtēpndim)
  • գօտիածու (gōtiacu)
  • ընդգօտեմ (əndgōtem)
  • համագօտի (hamagōti)
  • համագօտութիւն (hamagōtutʻiwn)
  • միագօտեալ (miagōteal)
  • միագօտի (miagōti)
  • շրջագօտիմ (šrǰagōtim)
  • ոսկեգօտի (oskegōti)
  • պարագօտիմ (paragōtim)
  • քաջագօտի (kʻaǰagōti)

Descendants
  • Armenian: գոտի (goti)

References
  1. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 874
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 196
  3. Джаукян, Г. Б. (1967) Взаимоотношение индоевропейских, хурритско-урартских и кавказских языков [The interrelationship of Indo-European, Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 97, 188

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գօտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գօտի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գօտի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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