բդեաշխ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բդեշխ (bdešx), բդիշխ (bdišx)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bythš /bidaxš/), 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy, “viceroy”) (see it for more).
Noun
բդեաշխ • (bdeašx)
- governor, consul, viceroy, bdeshkh, bidaxsh
- Synonyms: կուսակալ (kusakal), կողմնապետ (kołmnapet), կողմնակալ (kołmnakal), հիւպատոս (hiwpatos)
- փոխանակ բդեշխի ― pʻoxanak bdešxi ― proconsul
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | բդեաշխ (bdeašx) | բդեաշխք (bdeašxkʻ) |
| genitive | բդեշխի (bdešxi) | բդեշխաց (bdešxacʻ) |
| dative | բդեշխի (bdešxi) | բդեշխաց (bdešxacʻ) |
| accusative | բդեաշխ (bdeašx) | բդեաշխս (bdeašxs) |
| ablative | բդեշխէ (bdešxē) | բդեշխաց (bdešxacʻ) |
| instrumental | բդեշխաւ (bdešxaw) | բդեշխաւք = բդեշխօք (bdešxawkʻ = bdešxōkʻ) |
| locative | բդեշխի (bdešxi) | բդեաշխս (bdeašxs) |
Derived terms
- բդեշխափոխ (bdešxapʻox)
- բդեշխութիւն (bdešxutʻiwn)
Descendants
- → Armenian: բդեշխ (bdešx)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բդեշխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 434–435
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բդեաշխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 119
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բդեաշխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Sundermann, Werner (1989) “BIDAXŠ”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
- Բդեշխ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy