հեթանոս

ArmenianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Armenian հեթանոս (hetʿanos).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

հեթանոս (hetʿanos)

  1. heathen, pagan

DeclensionEdit

Old ArmenianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos), but the initial հ- (h-) is problematic. Ačaṙyan following de Lagarde explains it by Classical Syriac mediation. On the other hand, Beekes explains the initial h- in Armenian, Coptic and Gothic by derivation from the spoken by-form ἕθνος (héthnos).

NounEdit

հեթանոս (hetʿanos)

  1. (biblical) Gentile, non-Jew
  2. foreigner
  3. heathen, pagan
    հեթանոսքhetʿanoskʿthe heathen
  4. Greek, Hellene (as opposed to Jew)
  5. nation, people

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʿanos)
  • Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐔸𐔰𐕎𐕒𐕚 (hetanos)

ReferencesEdit

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հեթանոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հեթանոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1272, page 87
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հեթանոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 74
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10)‎[1], volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378