պաշարում

Armenian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Armenian պաշարումն (pašarumn). By surface analysis, պաշարել (pašarel) + -ում (-um).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /paʃaˈɹum/ [pɑʃɑˈɹum] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /baʃaˈɹum/ [bɑʃɑˈɹum] invalid IPA characters (//[])
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Noun

պաշարում • (pašarum)

  1. siege (prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition)

Declension

Further reading

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “պաշարում”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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