թարխան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian թարխան (tʻarxan); see below.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

թարխան (tʻarxan)

  1. (historical) a person exempted from taxes
  2. (historical) tarkhan
  3. (historical) a member of nobility, nobleman
  4. (colloquial, figuratively) an idle member of the household, who performs no work

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Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian ترخان (tarxân, free, exempted from tribute or taxes; a certain tribe of Turks).

Noun[edit]

թարխան (tʻarxan)

  1. a person exempted from taxes
  2. tarkhan

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: թարխան (tʻarxan)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թարխան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press