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Where does “փիլիսոփա” come from?

փիլիսոփա (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian փիլիսոփայ, from Classical Syriac ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ, from Aramaic פילוסופא, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

փիլիսոփա (Armenian): philosopher

Definitions

  1. philosopher

Ancestry of “փիլիսոփա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianփիլիսոփայphilosopher; chorister, singer
2Classical Syriacܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐphilosopher
3Aramaicפילוסופאphilosopher
4Ancient Greekφιλόσοφοςlover of knowledge/wisdom; educated, learned...
5Ancient Greekσοφόςclever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...
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