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ապարանջան

ապարանջան

Armenian

Noun

ապարանջան (aparanǰan)

  1. bracelet

Declension

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian браслет (braslet) is used instead.


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ապարանջ (aparanǰ)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian ابرنجن (abranjan).

Noun

ապարանջան (aparanǰan)

  1. bracelet (worn both by men and women)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ոտնապարանջան (otnaparanǰan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապարանջան (aparanǰan)
  • Middle Armenian: ապրանջան (apranǰan), առպնճան (aṙpnčan), ապըռճան (apəṙčan), ապառճան (apaṙčan)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ապարանջան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ապարանջան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ապարանջան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ապարանջան”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), ապարանջ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Čēlalean, Grigor, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy