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Where does “սուրբ” come from?

սուրբ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian սուրբ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ku-bʰ-ro-.

սուրբ (Armenian): holy, sacred; righteous, pious, godly, upright;...

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred; righteous, pious, godly, upright;...

Ancestry of “սուրբ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianսուրբpure, clean, exempt, spotless, stainless,...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ku-bʰ-ro-—

Words derived from “սուրբ”

  • Սուրբ Ծնունդ
  • սրբոսկր
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