Փայտակարան

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran)

  1. Paytakaran (a historical province of Armenia)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

"The land of Pʿayt", applied by Medians to this territory to their north, from Old Median *karan- (border, region, land). The Pʿayt is probably a name of a Caspian tribe. See also Lankaran.

Proper noun edit

Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran)

  1. Paytakaran (a province of Armenia)
  2. Paytakaran (a city in this province, possibly to be identified with Beylagan)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran) (learned)

References edit

  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Փայտակարան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1982) “Etimologičeskije zametki. I [Etymological Notes. I]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[2] (in Russian), number I, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISSN, pages 55–56