Armenian

Adjective

արջն • ‎(arǰn) ‎(superlative ամենաարջն)

1. (archaic) black

Declension

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “արջն”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Ancient Greek ὄρφνη ‎(órphnē, “darkness, murk, night”). Alternatively, an Iranian borrowing, borrowed also into Chechen as ӏаьржа ‎(ʿärža, “black”).

Adjective

արջն • ‎(arǰn)

1. black

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: արջն ‎(arǰn)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արջն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արջն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արջն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arǰn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 145