-եան

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *-iyn̥, *-iHn̥.

Suffix [edit]

-եան  (-ean)

  1. Forming adjectives.
    առաւօտեան
    աստուածեան
    հայկեան
    ներբողեան
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Probably from Iranian *-yān, a postvocalic variant of the pluralization suffix *-ān, whence -ան. Alternatively, from Etymology 1, contaminated with the Iranian pluralization suffix.

Suffix [edit]

-եան  (-ean)

  1. Forming collective nouns.
    բերդեան
    գեղեան
    գիւղեան
    գործեան
    գրեան
    թղթեան
    խոզեան
    հիւպատեան
    մոգեան
    մորթեան
    նախարարեան
    նոխազեան
    քաջեան
Derived terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • -եան” in Geworg J̌ahukyan (1998), Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə in the book Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer (Yerevan: Anania Shirakatsi)