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Where does “ղիամաթ” come from?

ղիամաթ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیامت, from Arabic قِيَامَة, from Arabic قَامَ — to rise; to get up.

ղիամաթ (Armenian): very cold weather

Definitions

  1. very cold weather

Ancestry of “ղիամաթ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیامت—
2Arabicقِيَامَةresurrection, upheaval
3Arabicقَامَto rise; to get up
Every word from Arabic قَامَ →