Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վրան (vran).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

վրան (vran)

  1. tent, tabernacle

Usage notes edit

In colloquial speech Russian пала́тка (palátka) is used instead.

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫇𐫅𐫀𐫗 (wdʾn /⁠wiδān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *widaHna- (tent).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Noun edit

վրան (vran)

  1. tent, pavilion
    վրան ժամուvran žamuTabernacle
    վրան հարկանել, կանգնելvran harkanel, kangnelto pitch a tent, to dress a pavilion
    ի վրանս բնակելi vrans bnakelto dwell in tents
    բառնալ զվրաննbaṙnal zvrannto strike a tent

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վրան (vran)

References edit

  1. ^ Benveniste, Émile (1957–1958) “Mots d’emprunt iraniens en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 53, pages 65–66
  2. ^ Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Сасанидский судебник (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān)[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 538
  3. ^ Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 217b
  4. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (1983) “Iranisches Lehngut im Armenischen”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in German), volume 17, page 92
  5. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[2], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 452a of 445–459
  6. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[3], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 463a, 465a of 459–465
  7. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[4] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 547
  8. ^ 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 294
  9. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վրան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 715a

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վրան”, 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) “վրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy