Armenian

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Etymology

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Niels considers it a loan from Proto-Kartvelian *sam- (three).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սահմի (sahmi)

  1. March (the third month of the ancient Armenian calendar)

References

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  1. ^ Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 60

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սահմի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 163
  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 161