ատրուշան

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ատրուշան (atrušan).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /atɹuˈʃan/ [ɑtɹuˈʃɑn] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /adɹuˈʃan/ [ɑdɹuˈʃɑn] invalid IPA characters (//[])
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Noun

ատրուշան • (atrušan)

  1. fire temple
    Synonym: կրակատուն (krakatun)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *ātrōšān, from Old Iranian *ātar-aušāna-, from Proto-Iranian *ātr- (fire) and *auš- (to burn) (whence Zazaki veşayış (to burn)).

Noun

ատրուշան • (atrušan)

  1. fire temple
    Synonyms: կրակատուն (krakatun), մեհեան (mehean)
  2. (pejoratively) church of heretics

Declension

  • Աւշական (Awšakan) / Օշական (Ōšakan)
  • ատր- (atr-)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ատրուշան (atrušan)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ատրուշան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 290–291
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 517
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1983) Obščestvo i pravo Irana v parfjanskij i sasanidskij periody [Iranian Society and Law in the Parthian and Sassanian Periods] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 335
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 268
  • Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 548
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ատրուշան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ատրուշան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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