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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լայն (layn).

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լայն (layn) (superlative ամենալայն)

  1. wide, broad

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂teno-, from *pl̥h₂t-, from *pelh₂-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रथस् (práthas), Ancient Greek πλάτος (plátos), πλατύς (platús), Lithuanian platus, Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos.

Adjective edit

լայն (layn)

  1. wide, broad
    գետ ի լայն ծաւալեալget i layn cawaleala mighty mass of flowing water, an immense, or overflowing river
    բարձր եւ լայն հասակաւbarjr ew layn hasakawa tall and stout man, fleshy, corpulent

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  • Armenian: լայն (layn), լեն (len)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լայն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լայն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լայն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 144