Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սառն (saṙn).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

սառն (saṙn) (superlative ամենասառն)

  1. cold, cool
    Synonym: (of weather) ցուրտ (cʻurt)
    Antonym: տաք (takʻ)
    սառը ջուրsaṙə ǰurcold water
    սառն աշունsaṙn ašuncold autumn
  2. (figuratively) unfriendly, cold

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European (the exact reconstruction is disputed). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *herzną, Proto-Slavic *sẽrnъ, Latvian sȩ̄rsna, Lithuanian šerkšnas.

Noun edit

սառն (saṙn)

  1. ice
    հատոր սառանցhator saṙancʻpiece or block of ice
  2. glazed frost
  3. crystal

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Adjective edit

սառն (saṙn)

  1. cold, frozen

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Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: սառ (saṙ)
  • Armenian: սառն (saṙn)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սառն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սառն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik