Գերմանիա

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Գերմանիա (Germania).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Գերմանիա • (Germania)

  1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γερμανία (Germanía).

Proper noun

Գերմանիա • (Germania)

  1. Germania, Germany (an ancient region in Central Europe, inhabited by German speakers)
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography] :
      Չորրորդ՝ Գերմանացւոցն է, յելից կալով Գաղիոյ, առ հիւսիւսային Ովկիանոսիւ մինչեւ զՍարմատացւոց լերունս եւ ցԴանուբ գետն։ Ունի Գերմանիա ազգս հինգ, յորոց մի՝ Գութք։ Ունի եւ լերունս անուանիս երիս։ Ունի գետս հզաւրս մետասան եւ կղզիս ինն։ Ունի անտառս չորս՝ յոյժ մեծածառս։ Ունի եւ երկաթկտրութիւնս։
      Čʻorrord, Germanacʻwocʻn ē, yelicʻ kalov Gałioy, aṙ hiwsiwsayin Ovkianosiw minčʻew zSarmatacʻwocʻ leruns ew cʻDanub getn. Uni Germania azgs hing, yorocʻ mi, Gutʻkʻ. Uni ew leruns anuanis eris. Uni gets hzawrs metasan ew kłzis inn. Uni antaṙs čʻors, yoyž mecacaṙs. Uni ew erkatʻktrutʻiwns.
      • 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen
        The fourth is Germany which is east of Gaul by the Northern Ocean [and extends] as far as the mountains of Sarmatia and the river Danube. Germany contains five nations, one of which is the Goths. It has three celebrated mountains, eleven large rivers, nine islands and four forests filled with large trees. There are also iron mines.

Declension

Synonyms

  • Ալամանիա (Alamania)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: Գերմանիա (Germania)

Further reading

  • Brand, John, Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1825) “Գերմանիա”, in Baṙaran hayerēn ew angłiakan. Anuankʻ Kʻałakʻacʻ [A Dictionary Armenian and English. Names of Towns Appendix], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 634b
  • Čivanean, Nšan (1879) “Գերմանիա”, in Aṙ jeṙn baṙaran patmakan, ašxarhagrakan ew dicʻabanakan yatuk anuancʻ haweleal haykakan yatuk anuankʻ [Pocket Dictionary of Historical, Geographical and Mythological Proper Nouns with the Addition of Armenian Proper Nouns], Constantinople: V. Y. Margarean, page 65b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “Գերմանիա”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan. Ašxarhagrakan anuankʻ [Armenian–Italian Dictionary. Appendix of Geographic Names], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1505a
  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Գերմանիա”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 262a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “Գերմանիա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn. Ašxarhagrakan Ew Patmakan Anuankʻ [New Dictionary Armenian–English. Appendix of Geographic and Historical Names], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 780b
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