Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian առն (aṙn)

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

առն (aṙn)

  1. (archaic) wild ram

Declension edit

References edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “առն”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥sen- (male). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἔρσην (érsēn), ἄρσην (ársēn, male), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥- (aršan-, man, male), probably also Ancient Greek ἀρνειός (arneiós, ram).[1][2][3]

Noun edit

առն (aṙn)

  1. wild ram
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] :
      Ունի լերինս մեծս երիս․ ունի երէս, եղջերու, այծ եւ քաղս, առն եւ արտի, վիթ, եւ կըկիթ եւ խոզ․ []
      Uni lerins mecs eris; uni erēs, ełǰeru, ayc ew kʻałs, aṙn ew arti, vitʻ, ew kəkitʻ ew xoz; []
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: առն (aṙn)
  • Georgian: არნი (arni)
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܪܢܐ (arnā)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 111

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Armenian *arno-, by metathesis from *anro-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nrós; compare Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós).

Noun edit

առն (aṙn)

  1. genitive singular of այր (ayr)
  2. dative singular of այր (ayr)
  3. locative singular of այր (ayr)

References edit

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayr₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 61