Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Armenian պաշարումն (pašarumn). By surface analysis, պաշարել (pašarel) +‎ -ում (-um).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պաշարում (pašarum)

  1. siege (prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “պաշարում”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan