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Ասորեստան
Ասորեստան
Armenian
Proper noun
Ասորեստան • (Asorestan)
- (historical) Assyria
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ասորեստան (Asorestan) | |||
| dative | Ասորեստանի (Asorestani) | |||
| ablative | Ասորեստանից (Asorestanicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | Ասորեստանով (Asorestanov) | |||
| locative | Ասորեստանում (Asorestanum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | Ասորեստանը/Ասորեստանն (Asorestanə/Asorestann) | |||
| dative | Ասորեստանին (Asorestanin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | Ասորեստանս (Asorestans) | |||
| dative | Ասորեստանիս (Asorestanis) | |||
| ablative | Ասորեստանիցս (Asorestanicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | Ասորեստանովս (Asorestanovs) | |||
| locative | Ասորեստանումս (Asorestanums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | Ասորեստանդ (Asorestand) | |||
| dative | Ասորեստանիդ (Asorestanid) | |||
| ablative | Ասորեստանիցդ (Asorestanicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | Ասորեստանովդ (Asorestanovd) | |||
| locative | Ասորեստանումդ (Asorestanumd) | |||
References
- Barsełyan, Hovhannes (2006), “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʿyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew ułłagrakan tełekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, ISBN 99941-56-03-9, page 47
Old Armenian
Etymology
Either wholly borrowed from Iranian – compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ʾswrstn), Parthian 𐭀𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭎𐭕𐭍 (ʾswrstn) – or, according to Hübschmann, formed in Armenian as ասորի (asori) + -աստան (-astan). The sound change -իա- (-ia-) → -ե- (-e-) is regular in Armenian.
Proper noun
Ասորեստան • (Asorestan)
Declension
i-a-type
o-a-type
o-type
Derived terms
- ասորեստանեայք (asorestaneaykʿ)
Descendants
- Armenian: Ասորեստան (Asorestan)
See also
- Ասորիք (Asorikʿ)
References
- Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), “Ասորեստան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 22