ապահարզան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ապահարզան (apaharzan).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ապահարզան (apaharzan)

  1. divorce

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian разво́д (razvód) is used instead.

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed fron an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hapasarĵanam.

Noun

ապահարզան (apaharzan)

  1. divorce
    գիր/թուղթ ապահարզանիgir/tʿułtʿ apaharzaniact of divorce

Usage notes

The word referred to putting away of the wife by the husband. In modern Armenian it refers to the legal dissolution of marriage initiated by either of the spouses.

Declension

Synonyms

  • արձակումն (arjakumn)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ապահարզան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ապահարզան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ապահարզան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1749–1769), ապահարզան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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