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հեծան

հեծան

Armenian

Noun

հեծան (hecan)

  1. beam, log

Declension

Descendants


Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from հեծանիմ (hecanim, to mount; to sit).

Noun

հեծան (hecan)

  1. beam
  2. log
  3. staff, mace
  4. (post-classical) kind of meteorological phenomenon (beam-like light)

Declension

Derived terms

  • հեծանակ (hecanak)
  • հեծանահերձ (hecanaherj)
  • հեծանաձգութիւն (hecanajgutʿiwn)
  • հեծանացու (hecanacʿu)
  • հեծանոց (hecanocʿ)
  • մեծահեծան (mecahecan)
  • միահեծան (miahecan)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), հեծան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), հեծան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), հեծան”, 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 402