-պան

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See also: պան

Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian -պան (-pan), from Old Armenian -պան (-pan).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-պան (-pan)

  1. holder, keeper; protector
    այգիaygigarden
    այգեպանaygepangardener

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -պան (-pan).

Suffix

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-պան (-pan)

  1. holder, keeper; protector

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -պան (-pan)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian -pān (-keeper). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (-pʾn' /⁠-bān⁠/, -keeper, -guard), Persian بان (-bân, -keeper). Found in many terms wholly-borrowed from Iranian: բարապան (barapan), պաշտպան (paštpan), դաստապան (dastapan), etc. See also -պանակ (-panak).

Suffix

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-պան (-pan)

  1. holder, keeper; protector
    պարտէզpartēzgarden
    պարտիզպանpartizpangardener

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References

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  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)պան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48