Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հեծան (hecan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հեծան (hecan)

  1. beam, log

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: hezen, hezan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

հեծան (hecan)

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

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “հեծան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հեծան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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