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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian ʾxšd (*axšad, *axšaẟ, “pity, mercy”), Manichaean Middle Persian ʾxšʾd (*axšād, “troubled, distressed; distress”). Related to ապաշխարեմ (apašxarem).
Noun
աշխար • (ašxar) indeclinable
- mourning, lamentation, complaint
- աշխար դնել ― ašxar dnel ― to lament, to mourn
Derived terms
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աշխար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աշխար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աշխար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17