Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian շահեկան (šahekan); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

շահեկան (šahekan) (superlative ամենաշահեկան)

  1. profitable, lucrative
  2. useful

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From *շահի (*šahi), the form of շահ (šah) with its i-stem, +‎ -ական (-akan).

Adjective edit

շահեկան (šahekan)

  1. lucrative, useful

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շահեկան (šahekan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շահական”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շահեկան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եկան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48