վախճան

From Old Armenian վախճան (vaxčan); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [vɑχˈt͡ʃɑn]
• Hyphenation: վախ‧ճան

վախճան • (vaxčan)

1. end

   վախճան ունենալ ― vaxčan unenal ― to end, to finish

2. death (end of life)

   վախճան տալ ― vaxčan tal ― to kill, to cause death

3. ending, finish

• վաղճան (vałčan)
• վաղջան (vałǰan)

The origin is uncertain. According to Bailey, the second part is identical with -ճան (-čan).

վախճան • (vaxčan)

1. end, term; end, scope, object; issue, event, end, result; accomplishment, finishing, conclusion, close; end, extremity; end, demise, decease, death, exit

   ցմեծ վախճան ― cʿmec vaxčan ― long time, a long while

   ի վախճանի ― i vaxčani ― in fine, finally, at last, at length, after all, in the last place

   ցվախճան ― cʿvaxčan ― to the end

   ի վախճան ամին ― i vaxčan amin ― at the year's end

   ի վախճանի աւուրց ― i vaxčani awurcʿ ― in the future

   ի վախճան աւուրցս այսոցիկ ― i vaxčan awurcʿs aysocʿik ― in these latter times

   վախճան բանիս ― vaxčan banis ― in a word; the pith of my argument

   վախճան եհաս նմա ― vaxčan ehas nma ― he died

   ընկալաւ զարժանահասն վախճան ― ənkalaw zaržanahasn vaxčan ― he died as he merited

   ի վախճան կենաց իւրոց ― i vaxčan kenacʿ iwrocʿ ― in his last days, towards the close of his life

   մերձ ի վախճան լինել ― merj i vaxčan linel ― to be at one's final agony

   վախճան առնուլ ― vaxčan aṙnul ― to draw to a close or end, to cease, to end, to expire

   վախճան առնել ― vaxčan aṙnel ― to make an end of, to put an end or term to, to come to a conclusion, to decide, to end

   առնել զոք ի վախճան ― aṙnel zokʿ i vaxčan ― to send to perdition, to put to death

   վախճան դնել ― vaxčan dnel ― to bring to a close, to conclude, to terminate, to finish, to end

վախճան • (vaxčan)

1. in fine, finally, at last, at length, after all, in the last place

• Armenian: վախճան (vaxčan)
• Georgian: ოხჭანი (oxč̣ani)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վախճան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վախճան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “վախճան”, 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
• Bailey, H. W. (1979), “daṃjanai”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 151a