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Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-ǵʰ-, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).
Noun
անձն • (anjn)
- person
- անձամբ ― anjamb ― personally
- անձամբ անձին ― anjamb anjin ― by oneself, personally
- զանձամբ դառնալ ― zanjamb daṙnal ― to turn back
- զանձամբ արկանել ― zanjamb arkanel ― to put on
- յանձին բերել ― yanjin berel ― to imitate
- յանձին ունել ― yanjin unel ― to accept, to approve
- չառնուլ յանձն ― čʻaṙnul yanjn ― to refuse, to deny
- յանձն առնել ― yanjn aṙnel ― to recommend, to confide
- յանձն լինել ― yanjn linel ― to commend oneself, to have confidence in, to confide in, to be committed
- soul; mind; heart
- երդնում յանձն իմ, թէ այդ այդպէս է ― erdnum yanjn im, tʻē ayd aydpēs ē ― on my soul, it is so
- անձին առնել ― anjin aṙnel ― to commit suicide
- զգաստանալ յանձին ― zgastanal yanjin ― to revive, to recover one's senses
- -self: myself, thyself, himself
- սիրէ նա զանձն իւր ― sirē na zanjn iwr ― he loves himself
- վասն անձին եւեթ տամ պատասխանի ― vasn anjin ewetʻ tam patasxani ― I only answer for myself
- փոյթ ունի նա վասն անձին ― pʻoytʻ uni na vasn anjin ― he takes care of himself
- ձեռն յանձին հարկանել ― jeṙn yanjin harkanel ― to boast of, to flatter oneself, to prick oneself
Usage notes
This noun may be used in a reflexive role: սիրէ նա զանձն իւր (sirē na zanjn iwr, “he loves himself”).
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անձն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “anjn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 93
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անձն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անձն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy