Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թարխան (tʻarxan); see below.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թարխան (tʻarxan)

  1. (historical) a person exempted from taxes
  2. (historical) tarkhan
  3. (historical) a member of nobility, nobleman
  4. (colloquial, figuratively) an idle member of the household, who performs no work

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Persian ترخان (tarxân, free, exempted from tribute or taxes; a certain tribe of Turks).

Noun edit

թարխան (tʻarxan)

  1. a person exempted from taxes
  2. tarkhan

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թարխան (tʻarxan)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թարխան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press