Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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հրասախ (hrasax)

  1. parasang

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Northwestern Iranian *frasax, whence Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ). Compare the Southwestern Iranian form, Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /⁠frasang⁠/, parasang), whence Persian فرسنگ (farsang). Doublet of փարսախ (pʻarsax) and Middle Armenian փարսանգ (pʻarsang), ֆարսանկ (farsank), ֆարսախ (farsax).

Noun

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հրասախ (hrasax)

  1. parasang

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հրասախ (hrasax)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փարսախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 491a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 183–184
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հրասախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հրասախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy