աման

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɑn/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɑn/,

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• Hyphenation: ա‧ման

From Middle Armenian աման (aman), from Old Armenian աման (aman).

աման • (aman)

1. vessel, jar, pot, container

   ամանները լվանալ ― amannerə lvanal ― to do dishwashing

• → Northern Kurdish: aman
• →⇒ Lomavren: telaman

From Ottoman Turkish امان.

աման • (aman)

1. alas! oh! (an exclamation of sorrow, anguish or grief)

   Synonyms: ավաղ (avaġ), վայ (vay)

From Old Armenian աման (aman).

աման • (aman)

1. vessel, container
2. tortoiseshell

• Armenian: աման (aman)
  • → Northern Kurdish: aman
  • →⇒ Lomavren: telaman

• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “աման”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

ամամ (amam, “pour out; fill”) +‎ -ան (-an)

աման • (aman)

1. vessel, container

• Middle Armenian: աման (aman)
  • Armenian: աման (aman)
    • → Northern Kurdish: aman
    • →⇒ Lomavren: telaman

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աման”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աման”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 32