Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian գերեզման (gerezman).

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Noun edit

գերեզման (gerezman)

  1. grave
    եղբայրական գերեզմանeġbayrakan gerezmanmass grave

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Descendants edit

  • Armeno-Kipchak: գերեզման (kerezman)
  • Turkish: kerezman
  • Udi: ҝаьраьмзаь (gʲärämzä)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերեզման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 543a

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *գարեզման (*garezman) from Iranian *garezmān. Compare Persian گرزمان (garazmân, the highest heaven) and Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬋 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (garō nmāna, house of praise), denoting the abode of Ahura Mazda and his blessed angels in the Zoroastrian religion. The grave was viewed as a threshold to heaven. For the second constituent see Proto-Iranian *dmáHnaH.

Aghwan 𐔲𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔵𐕌𐔰𐕎 (garazman) is from the same source.

Noun edit

գերեզման (gerezman)

  1. grave, sepulchre, pit, tomb, monument, vault; churchyard
    հանել ի գերեզմանէhanel i gerezmanēto dig out of the ground, to disinter

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերեզման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 542–543
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գերեզման”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 133
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 872
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գերեզման”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy