Armenian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Further reading

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