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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թօշնիմ (tʻōšnim). The meaning is influenced by dialectal թոշմել (tʻošmel).

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Verb edit

թոշնել (tʻošnel)

  1. (intransitive) to wither, to wilt, to fade
    Synonyms: թառամել (tʻaṙamel), թարշամել (tʻaršamel)

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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թօշնիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 218b