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ծիածան

ծիածան

Armenian

Noun

ծիածան (ciacan)

  1. rainbow
  2. (anatomy) iris

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan interprets as “the sign of the Sky/Thunder-god”, assimilated from *տիածան (*tiacan), from Proto-Armenian *Tiw (Sky-god, Thunder-god), compare տիւ (tiw), -ա- (-a-) + *ծան- (*can-, sign, omen), of the same origin as ճանաչեմ (čanačʿem).

Noun

ծիածան (ciacan)

  1. rainbow
  2. halo (of a moon)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ծիածանածաւալ (ciacanacawal)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծիածան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծիածան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծիածան”, 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 339