Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian առասան (aṙasan); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

առասան (aṙasan)

  1. string, twine, cord, packthread

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Median *arasan, from Proto-Iranian *rašanaH (rope). Compare Parthian 𐫡𐫘𐫗 (rsn /⁠rasan⁠/, rope), Middle Persian [script needed] (lsn' /⁠rasan⁠/, rope), Persian رسن (rasan), Sanskrit रशना (raśanā, rope, cord). The Parthian cognate was borrowed again as երասան (erasan). See also ապարասան (aparasan).

Noun edit

առասան (aṙasan)

  1. packthread, string; waxed thread; rope, cord, line; thread

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առասան (aṙasan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “առասան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “առասան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “առասան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8