Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հեթանոս (hetʻanos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հեթանոս (hetʻanos)

  1. heathen, pagan

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos), but the initial հ- (h-) is problematic. Ačaṙyan following de Lagarde explains it by Classical Syriac mediation. On the other hand, Beekes explains the initial h- in Armenian, Coptic and Gothic by derivation from the spoken by-form ἕθνος (héthnos).

Noun edit

հեթանոս (hetʻanos)

  1. (biblical) Gentile, non-Jew
  2. foreigner
  3. heathen, pagan
    հեթանոսքhetʻanoskʻthe heathen
  4. Greek, Hellene (as opposed to Jew)
  5. nation, people

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)
  • Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐔸𐔰𐕎𐕒𐕚 (hetanos)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեթանոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեթանոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1272, page 87
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հեթանոս”, 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, page 74
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378