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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥tʰ-, from *sp(ʰ)erd(ʰ)- (to rush; to spring; running), +‎ -ն- (-n-). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic прѧдати (prędati, to jump, tremble) (Russian пряда́ть (prjadátʹ), пря́нуть (prjánutʹ)) and perhaps with Old Armenian արթ- (artʻ-).[1] For more on this supposed root see Pokorny, without the Armenian.[2]

Verb edit

հարթնում (hartʻnum)

  1. (intransitive) to start with fear, to be scared, to take fright or umbrage at, to start or fly off, to bound away

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References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հարթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 58–59
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 995–996

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հարթնում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy