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, 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
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