գօտի

• գաւտի (gawti)

The original spelling is գաւտի (gawti), perhaps composed of unknown *գաւ (*gaw, “back”) +‎ տի- (ti-, “tie, bond”). Compare dialectal մեջկապ (meǰkap).

գօտի • (gōti)

1. girdle, belt

   գօտի ածել, գօտի ընդ մէջ ածել ― gōti acel, gōti ənd mēǰ acel ― to gird, to tie or to draw close round the body; to be prompt

2. (astrology) belt of the sky
3. (geography) zone

   այրեցած գօտի ― ayrecʿac gōti ― torrid zone

   բարեխառն գօտի ― barexaṙn gōti ― temperate zone

   սառուցեալ գօտի ― saṙucʿeal gōti ― glacial zone

4. (figuratively) rainbow; mountain ridge; a corridor in a palace

   գօտի լերանց ― gōti lerancʿ ― chain of mountains

   գօտի աստուածական, տէրունեան, Արամազդայ ― gōti astuacakan, tērunean, Aramazday ― rainbow

The word has five combining forms: գօտի- (gōti-), գօտե- (gōte-), գօտէ- (gōtē-), գօտեւ- (gōtew-) and գօտել- (gōtel-)

• Armenian: գոտի (goti)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գօտի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գօտի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գօտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press