Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հրասախ (hrasax)

  1. parasang

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Northwestern Iranian *frasax, whence Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ). Compare the Southwestern Iranian form, Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /⁠frasang⁠/, parasang), whence Persian فرسنگ (farsang). Doublet of փարսախ (pʻarsax) and Middle Armenian փարսանգ (pʻarsang), ֆարսանկ (farsank), ֆարսախ (farsax).

Noun edit

հրասախ (hrasax)

  1. parasang

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հրասախ (hrasax)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փարսախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 491a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 183–184
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հրասախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հրասախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy