սան

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Armenian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Armenian սան (san); see below.

Noun [edit]

սան  (san)

  1. nursling
  2. pupil; alumnus
  3. godchild
  4. adopted child, foster child
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old Armenian սան (san); see below.

Noun [edit]

սան  (san)

  1. copper cauldron
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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Zero-grade of the root սուն- (sun-, feeding, fostering).

Noun [edit]

սան  (san)  (singular genitive սանու, plural genitive սանուց)

  1. nursling; foster child
  2. pupil, scholar
  3. godchild
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Etymology 2 [edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Noun [edit]

սան  (san)  (singular genitive սանի, plural genitive սանից)

  1. kettle, boiler, caldron, saucepan, stewpan
  2. (chemistry) still, cucurbit
    սան Պապեն (san Papen) — Papin's digestor, athanor, digesting-furnace
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References [edit]

  • սան in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • սան in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • սան in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79