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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian երամ (eram).

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Noun edit

երամ (eram)

  1. flock, flight (of birds)
  2. swarm, bevy (of bees)
  3. shoal, school (of fish)

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • րամ (ram)poetic short form

Etymology edit

From Parthian. Compare Manichaean Parthian rm (*ram, flock), Middle Persian lm (*ram, herd, flock), Manichaean Middle Persian rm (*ram, flock), Persian رم (ram). Related to երամակ (eramak) and ռամ (ṙam).

Noun edit

երամ (eram)

  1. troop, flock, assembly, company (of people, animals, fish, etc.)
    երամ երամeram eramin several troops, in company
    երամ թռչնոցeram tʻṙčʻnocʻflight
    երամ hoտից, անդեայցeram hoticʻ, andeaycʻflock, herd
  2. (as an adjective) gathered, assembled

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երամ (eram)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8