Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From տէր (tēr) + -ա- (-a-) +‎ -ճան (-čan).

Adjective

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տիրաճան (tiračan)

  1. loving one's master or lord

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տիրաճան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press