սան

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian սան (san); see below.

Noun

սան (san)

  1. nursling
  2. pupil; alumnus
  3. godchild
  4. adopted child, foster child
Declension

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian սան (san).

Noun

սան (san)

  1. copper cauldron
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Zero-grade of the root սուն- (sun-, feeding, fostering).

Noun

սան (san)

  1. nursling; foster child
  2. pupil, scholar
  3. godchild
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: սան (san)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

սան (san)

  1. kettle, boiler, caldron, saucepan, stewpan
  2. (chemistry) still, cucurbit
    սան Պապենsan PapenPapin's digestor, athanor, digesting-furnace
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press