Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հնձան (hnjan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հնձան (hnjan)

  1. basin to squeeze grapes in, wine-press basin
  2. room for wine-pressing

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Hittite [script needed] (GIŠhanza(n), a kind of implement).

Noun edit

հնձան (hnjan)

  1. basin to squeeze grapes in, wine-press basin
    գուբ հնձանgub hnjanmust-vessel
    հնձան հարկանելhnjan harkanelto press, to tread grapes; (figuratively) to trample, to oppress
  2. room for wine-pressing

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հնձան (hnjan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հնձան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հնձան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հնձան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 413