Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from արմ (arm, root) +‎ -ան- (-an-); compare dialectal փայտ կտրիլ (pʻayt ktril, to be petrified). Alternatively from Proto-Armenian *arm- (to bind fast, tie, fit), seen in յարմար (yarmar).

Verb

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արմանամ (armanam)  (aorist indicative արմացայ)

  1. to be astounded, to wonder, to be astonished

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արմանալ (armanal)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արմանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արմանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arm-anam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 141