Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian հեծան (hecan).

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Noun

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հեծան (hecan)

  1. beam, log

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  • Turkish: hezen, hezan

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Probably from հեծանիմ (hecanim, to mount; to sit).

Noun

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հեծան (hecan)

  1. beam
  2. log
  3. staff, mace
  4. (post-Classical) kind of meteorological phenomenon (beam-like light)

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեծան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեծան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեծան”, 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 402