Փայտակարան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran)

  1. Paytakaran (a historical province of Armenia)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

"The land of Pʿayt", applied by Medians to this territory to their north, from Old Median *karan- (border, region, land). The Pʿayt is probably a name of a Caspian tribe. See also Lankaran.

Proper noun[edit]

Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran)

  1. Paytakaran (a province of Armenia)
  2. Paytakaran (a city in this province, possibly to be identified with Beylagan)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Փայտակարան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1982) “Etimologičeskije zametki. I [Etymological Notes. I]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[2] (in Russian), number I, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISSN, pages 55–56