զեան
Old Armenian
Etymology
A Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫉𐫏𐫀𐫗 (zyʾn /zyān/, “loss, harm, damage, destruction”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (zydʾn' /zyān/, “loss, harm, damage”), Persian زیان (ziyân, “damage”), and see the latter for more.[1][2]
Noun
զեան • (zean)
- damage
- Synonym: վնաս (vnas)
- զեան առնել ― zean aṙnel ― to damage, injure
Related terms
- զենակար (zenakar)
- վզեան (vzean)
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: զեն (zen), զէն (zēn)
- Armenian: զեն (zen)
References
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 150
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 89
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “զեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “զեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy