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լայն

լայն

Armenian

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Adjective

լայն (layn) (superlative ամենալայն)

  1. wide, broad

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂teno-, from *pl̥h₂t-, from *pelh₂-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रथस् (práthas), Ancient Greek πλάτος (plátos), πλατύς (platús), Lithuanian platus, Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos.

Adjective

լայն (layn)

  1. wide, broad
    գետ ի լայն ծաւալեալget i layn cawaleal ― a mighty mass of flowing water, an immense, or overflowing river
    բարձր եւ լայն հասակաւbarjr ew layn hasakaw ― a tall and stout man, fleshy, corpulent

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լայն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լայն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լայն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 144