օրհաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian օրհաս (ōrhas).

Pronunciation

Noun

օրհաս • (ōrhas)

  1. the last day, hour or moments of life before death
  2. (figuratively) end, finish

Declension

Derived terms

  • օրհասաբեր (ōrhasaber)
  • օրհասել (ōrhasel)

References

  • օրհաս”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “օրհաս”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “օրհաս”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

օր (ōr) + հասանեմ (hasanem)

Noun

օրհաս • (ōrhas)

  1. the day at which a person is fated to die, one's appointed time
    օրհաս մահուōrhas mahuthe point of death, death's-door
    յօրհաս իւր ճեպելyōrhas iwr čepelto run to one's ruin
    ժամանէ յօրհաս վախճանինžamanē yōrhas vaxčaninhis last hour is at hand

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: օրհաս (ōrhas)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օրհաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օրհաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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