վախճան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian վախճան (vaxčan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

վախճան (vaxčan)

  1. end
    վախճան ունենալvaxčan unenalto end, to finish
  2. death (end of life)
    վախճան տալvaxčan talto kill, to cause death
  3. ending, finish

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. According to Bailey, the second part is identical with -ճան (-čan).

Noun[edit]

վախճան (vaxčan)

  1. end, term; end, scope, object; issue, event, end, result; accomplishment, finishing, conclusion, close; end, extremity; end, demise, decease, death, exit
    ցմեծ վախճանcʻmec vaxčanlong time, a long while
    ի վախճանիi vaxčaniin fine, finally, at last, at length, after all, in the last place
    ցվախճանcʻvaxčanto the end
    ի վախճան ամինi vaxčan aminat the year's end
    ի վախճանի աւուրցi vaxčani awurcʻin the future
    ի վախճան աւուրցս այսոցիկi vaxčan awurcʻs aysocʻikin these latter times
    վախճան բանիսvaxčan banisin a word; the pith of my argument
    վախճան եհաս նմաvaxčan ehas nmahe died
    ընկալաւ զարժանահասն վախճանənkalaw zaržanahasn vaxčanhe died as he merited
    ի վախճան կենաց իւրոցi vaxčan kenacʻ iwrocʻin his last days, towards the close of his life
    մերձ ի վախճան լինելmerj i vaxčan linelto be at one's final agony
    վախճան առնուլvaxčan aṙnulto draw to a close or end, to cease, to end, to expire
    վախճան առնելvaxčan aṙnelto make an end of, to put an end or term to, to come to a conclusion, to decide, to end
    առնել զոք ի վախճանaṙnel zokʻ i vaxčanto send to perdition, to put to death
    վախճան դնելvaxčan dnelto bring to a close, to conclude, to terminate, to finish, to end

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

վախճան (vaxčan)

  1. in fine, finally, at last, at length, after all, in the last place

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: վախճան (vaxčan)
  • Georgian: ოხჭანი (oxč̣ani)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վախճան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վախճան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վախճան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “daṃjanai”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 151a