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ապահարզան

ապահարզան

Armenian

Noun

ապահարզան (apaharzan)

  1. divorce

Declension

Synonyms

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian разво́д (razvód) is used instead.


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Avestan [script needed] (apaharəzana, dismissal), composed of [script needed] (apa-, away) and [script needed] (harəz-, to dismiss, to let) = Persian هلیدن (hilīdan, to dismiss). Cognate with Sanskrit अपसर्जन (apasarjana, abandonment). Related to արձակ (arjak).

Noun

ապահարզան (apaharzan)

  1. divorce
    գիր/թուղթ ապահարզանիgir/tʿułtʿ apaharzani ― act of divorce

Declension

Usage notes

The word referred to putting away of the wife by the husband. In modern Armenian it refers to the legal dissolution of marriage initiated by either of the spouses.

Synonyms

  • արձակումն (arjakumn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ապահարզան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ապահարզան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ապահարզան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1749–1769), ապահարզան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy