վանեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian wʾnytn' (wānīdan, to conquer, usurp, destroy), from the same Proto-Indo-European source as գուն (gun).

Verb

վանեմ (vanem)

  1. (transitive) to drive out, to expel, to thrust or push back or aside, to chase, to drive away, to pursue
  2. (transitive) to repel, to beat off or back, to attack, to defeat, to rout, to conquer

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • հնդկավան (hndkavan)
  • վան (van)
  • վանիչ (vaničʿ)
  • վանումն (vanumn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վանեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), վանեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), վան”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 229
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