Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾspwhlkʾn /⁠wāspuhragān⁠/, special, particular). Equivalent to սեպուհ (sepuh) +‎ -ական (-akan). Doublet of վասպուրական (vaspurakan).

Adjective

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սեպհական (sephakan)

  1. special, peculiar
    սեպհականքsephakankʻone's own part, property or heritage
    սեպհական էր նմաsephakan ēr nmait was specially his, it was his lot

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սեփական (sepʻakan)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սեպհական”, 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 202
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 98–105
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սեպհական”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 257
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեպհական”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy