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զառամ

զառամ

Armenian

Adjective

զառամ (zaṙam) (superlative ամենազառամ)

  1. senile, old

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Composed of *զառ (*zaṙ, old) + ամ (am, year, age); *զառ (*zaṙ) is borrowed from an Iranian word for "old, senile, decrepit"; compare Middle Persian zlmʾn' (zarmān, old man; old age, decrepitude), Ossetian зӕронд (zærond, old). Less likely it is composed of զ- (z-) + առ (aṙ). Compare also զառանցեմ (zaṙancʿem).

Adjective

զառամ (zaṙam)

  1. senile

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), զառամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), զառամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 273