sêxan
See also: sexan
Northern Kurdish
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from սեղան, սէղան according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Northern Kurdish or recent spelling standards of the language.
Etymology
From Old Armenian սեղան (sełan). Found only in the Bible translation.
Noun
sêẍan ?
- altar
- 1872, Isaac Grout Bliss et al., transl., “17:23”, in Bible translations into Kurdish, Constantinople: A.H. Bohajian, translation of New Testament, Acts 17:23, page 326:
- […] սեղան քի ժի մը տի […]
- […] I found an altar […]
- 1872, Isaac Grout Bliss et al., transl., “2:22”, in Bible translations into Kurdish, Constantinople: A.H. Bohajian, translation of New Testament, Romans 2:22, page 363:
- […] սէղանան թալան տըքի՞ […]
- […] do you rob altars? […]
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սեղան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 199a