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Where does “շղթա” come from?

շղթա (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian շղթայ, from Old Armenian շշղթայ, from Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐ — chain, bond, fetter; line, series, sequence;...

շղթա (Armenian): chain; fetters, shackles; series, succession

Definitions

  1. chain; fetters, shackles; series, succession

Ancestry of “շղթա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianշղթայchain; chain, concatenation, continuity, series
2Old Armenianշշղթայ—
3Classical Syriacܫܝܫܠܬܐchain, bond, fetter; line, series, sequence;...

Words derived from “շղթա”

  • շղթայական
  • լեռնաշղթա
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