ափիոն

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ափիոն (apʻion).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈpʰjon/, [ɑpʰjón], /ɑpʰiˈ(j)on/, [ɑpʰi(j)ón]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈpjon/, [ɑpʰjón], /ɑpiˈ(j)on/, [ɑpʰi(j)ón]

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Noun

ափիոն • (apʻion)

1. opium

   Synonym: օպիում (ōpium)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	ափիոն (apʻion)
dative	ափիոնի (apʻioni)
ablative	ափիոնից (apʻionicʻ)
instrumental	ափիոնով (apʻionov)
locative	ափիոնում (apʻionum)
	definite forms
nominative	ափիոնը/ափիոնն (apʻionə/apʻionn)
dative	ափիոնին (apʻionin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ափիոնս (apʻions)
dative	ափիոնիս (apʻionis)
ablative	ափիոնիցս (apʻionicʻs)
instrumental	ափիոնովս (apʻionovs)
locative	ափիոնումս (apʻionums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ափիոնդ (apʻiond)
dative	ափիոնիդ (apʻionid)
ablative	ափիոնիցդ (apʻionicʻd)
instrumental	ափիոնովդ (apʻionovd)
locative	ափիոնումդ (apʻionumd)

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Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• աֆիօն (afiōn), աֆիոն (afion), աբիոն (abion)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ափիոն (apʻion) (in Galen), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠apiyōn⁠/), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). The forms աֆիոն (afion), աֆիոն (afion) are from Arabic أفيون (ʾafyūn) or Persian افیون (afyun).

Noun

ափիոն • (apʻion)

1. opium

Descendants

• → Armenian: ափիոն (apʻion)

See also

• խաշխաշ (xašxaš)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ափիոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ափիոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “աֆիոն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press