Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հան (han).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հան (han)

  1. (archaic) grandmother

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (old woman, ancestor). Cognates include Latin anus (old woman), Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís, grandmother), Lithuanian anyta (mother-in-law), Hittite [script needed] (ḫanna-, grandmother). The by-form հանի (hani) may derive from *h₂en-ih₂ equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- with the feminine suffix *-ih₂.

Noun edit

հան (han)

  1. grandmother

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հան (han) (learned)
  • Old Georgian: ჰანი (hani)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “հան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 388