"Մելքոն" meaning in Old Armenian

See Մելքոն in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Melkʻon [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Hebrew מלכיאור. First attested in 1194. Etymology templates: {{der|xcl|he|מלכיאור}} Hebrew מלכיאור Head templates: {{head|xcl|proper noun}} Մելքոն • (Melkʻon)
  1. Melchior, one of the three Magi according to Christian tradition
    Sense id: en-Մելքոն-xcl-name-iPrHty40
  2. a male given name, Melkon, equivalent to English Melchior Categories (topical): Old Armenian given names, Old Armenian male given names
    Sense id: en-Մելքոն-xcl-name-BbcA1SjZ
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "Մելքոն",
            "3": "Մելքում",
            "4": "Մելքոմ"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: Մելքոն (Melkʻon), Մելքում (Melkʻum), Մելքոմ (Melkʻom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: Մելքոն (Melkʻon), Մելքում (Melkʻum), Մելքոմ (Melkʻom)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מלכיאור"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מלכיאור",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Hebrew מלכיאור. First attested in 1194.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Melkʻon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Մելքոն • (Melkʻon)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Armenian",
  "lang_code": "xcl",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Melchior, one of the three Magi according to Christian tradition"
      ],
      "id": "en-Մելքոն-xcl-name-iPrHty40",
      "links": [
        [
          "Melchior",
          "Melchior"
        ],
        [
          "Magi",
          "Magi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Armenian given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Armenian male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, Melkon, equivalent to English Melchior"
      ],
      "id": "en-Մելքոն-xcl-name-BbcA1SjZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Melkon",
          "Melkon#English"
        ],
        [
          "Melchior",
          "Melchior#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Մելքոն"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Armenian lemmas",
    "Old Armenian proper nouns",
    "Old Armenian terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "Մելքոն",
            "3": "Մելքում",
            "4": "Մելքոմ"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: Մելքոն (Melkʻon), Մելքում (Melkʻum), Մելքոմ (Melkʻom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: Մելքոն (Melkʻon), Մելքում (Melkʻum), Մելքոմ (Melkʻom)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מלכיאור"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מלכיאור",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Hebrew מלכיאור. First attested in 1194.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Melkʻon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Մելքոն • (Melkʻon)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Armenian",
  "lang_code": "xcl",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Melchior, one of the three Magi according to Christian tradition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Melchior",
          "Melchior"
        ],
        [
          "Magi",
          "Magi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Armenian given names",
        "Old Armenian male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, Melkon, equivalent to English Melchior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Melkon",
          "Melkon#English"
        ],
        [
          "Melchior",
          "Melchior#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Մելքոն"
}

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