Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian շրջան (šrǰan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

շրջան (šrǰan)

  1. (geometry) circle
  2. (administrative division) region, area, oblast
  3. sphere, realm
  4. period, epoch

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

շուրջ (šurǰ) +‎ -ան (-an)

Noun edit

շրջան (šrǰan)

  1. turn, gyre, turning, circuit, revolution, circumvolution, circulation, conversion; course, cycle, period, circle, round; turning, wheeling, winding; sinuosity
    շրջան առնուլšrǰan aṙnulto turn, to make or take a turn; to turn or whirl round and round; to circulate, to revolve, to move; to spin round upon one leg
    շրջանք ջուրցšrǰankʻ ǰurcʻwhirlpool, vortex
    շրջան մեծšrǰan mecperiod or cycle of five hundred and thirty-two years
    շրջան զօրացšrǰan zōracʻevolution
  2. change, vicissitude

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շրջան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy