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Where does “գուշակաբար” come from?

գուշակաբար (Armenian) comes from Armenian -աբար, from Old Armenian -աբար, from Old Armenian -բար, from Old Armenian բարք, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

գուշակաբար (Armenian): as a soothsayer, diviner, seer

Definitions

  1. as a soothsayer, diviner, seer

Ancestry of “գուշակաբար”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenian-աբարAlternative form of -բար; -ly; -ically
2Old Armenian-աբարAlternative form of -բար
3Old Armenian-բարForming adverbs. Corresponds to -ly
4Old Armenianբարքmanners, morals, custom, disposition,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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