Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պատերազմ (paterazm)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պատերազմ (paterazm)

  1. war

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾtlcm /⁠pādrazm⁠/, battle). The second part is related to ռազմ (ṙazm).

Noun

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պատերազմ (paterazm)

  1. struggle, war, battle

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պատերազմ (paterazm)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պատերազմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատերազմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 223
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատերազմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy