-բան
See also: բան and Appendix:Variations of "ban"
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Armenian բան (ban, “word”). In Old Armenian it was used in Ancient Greek calques for translating λόγος (lógos) in words like θεολόγος (theológos) or θεολογία (theología), which were rendered as աստուածաբան (astuacaban) and աստուածաբանութիւն (astuacabanutʻiwn). The practice continues now in calquing international (Latin) words with -logy, -logist, etc.
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /bɑn/, [bɑn]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /pɑn/, [pʰɑn]
Suffix
edit-բան • (-ban)