-արան

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -արան (-aran).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-արան (-aran)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers; -ery, -arium
    առողջ (aṙoġǰ, healthy) + ‎-արան (-aran) → ‎առողջարան (aṙoġǰaran, sanatorium)

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Iranian *-a-δan(a)-, from the stem element *-a- + *dana- (place).

Suffix

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-արան (-aran)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers; -ery, -arium
    գործgorcwork
    գործարանgorcaranmanufactory
    դատdattrial, judicial proceedings
    դատարանdatarancourt of justice

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -արան (-aran)

Further reading

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  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-արան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48