Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian աստիճան (astičan).

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Particularly: “From Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (to climb) via an Iranian source? Compare English stair.”

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աստիճան (astičan)

  1. degree
  2. extent
  3. stair
  4. (in the plural) stairs
  5. (colloquial) ladder
  6. class, rank
  7. (physics) degree (unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales)
    այսօր քսան աստիճան ջերմություն էaysōr kʻsan astičan ǰermutʻyun ētoday it's plus twenty degrees Celsius

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