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)

  1. damage
    Synonym: վնաս (vnas)
    զեան առնել ― zean aṙnel ― to damage, injure
  • զենակար (zenakar)
  • վզեան (vzean)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: զեն (zen), զէն (zēn)
    • Armenian: զեն (zen)

References
  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 150
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 89

Further reading
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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