Հայաստան

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian Հայաստան (Hayastan). By surface analysis, հայ (hay) +‎ -աստան (-astan).

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Հայաստան (Hayastan)

  1. Armenia (A country and former Soviet republic in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonym: (poetic or historical) Հայք (Haykʿ)
    Հայաստանի ՀանրապետությունHayastani HanrapetutʿyunRepublic of Armenia
  2. a female given name, Hayastan or Hayasdan, transferred from the place name

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  • New Latin: hajastanus
  • Quechua: Hayasuyu

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1946), “Հայաստան”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 29

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From հայ (hay) +‎ -աստան (-astan).

Proper noun[edit]

Հայաստան (Hayastan)

  1. Armenia (an ancient Armenian kingdom in eastern Anatolia, in modern eastern Turkey and Armenia)
  2. (as an adjective) Armenian
    Հայաստան աշխարհHayastan ašxarhArmenia
    Հայաստան ազգHayastan azgthe Armenian nation

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