սուսեր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian սուսեր (suser).

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Noun[edit]

սուսեր (suser)

  1. thin sword, rapier, epee

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hübschmann and following him Ačaṙyan derive from Classical Syriac ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sērāʾ), which is of Iranian origin; see Persian شمشیر (šamšir) for details. J̌ahukyan accepts with a question mark. Manichaean Parthian sfsyr (safsēr, sword), unknown to these linguists, is a more probable source of origin for the Old Armenian word. For the sound change Iranian af → Old Armenian ու (u) see մանուշակ (manušak).

Noun[edit]

սուսեր (suser)

  1. sword, glaive, sabre, falchion, blade, brand

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: սուսեր (suser)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սուսեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սուսեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 316–317
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սուսեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 252b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 460
  • M. J. Kümmel, "Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel", 2010, page 34