Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian դաշտան (daštan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դաշտան (daštan)

  1. menstruation

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian dštʾn' (daštān).

Noun edit

դաշտան (daštan)

  1. menstruation
    տուն դաշտանացtun daštanacʻsecluded place for menstruous women
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] :[1]
      [] և զկէսս տունս դաշտանաց և աղտեղութեան շինէք []
      [] ew zkēss tuns daštanacʻ ew ałtełutʻean šinēkʻ []

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Adjective edit

դաշտան (daštan)

  1. menstruous, menstruating

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դաշտան (daštan)

References edit

  1. ^ Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 80

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաշտան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դաշտան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դաշտան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 624a