ապահարզան

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապահարզան (apaharzan).

Pronunciation

Noun

ապահարզան (apaharzan) (somewhat formal)

  1. divorce
    Synonyms: ամուսնալուծություն (amusnalucutʻyun), (colloquial, non-standard) ռազվոդ (ṙazvod)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hapasarȷ́anam, from *sárȷ́ati.

Noun

ապահարզան (apaharzan)

  1. divorce
    գիր/թուղթ ապահարզանիgir/tʻułtʻ apaharzaniact of divorce

Usage notes

The word referred to putting away of the wife by the husband. In modern Armenian it refers to the legal dissolution of marriage initiated by either of the spouses.

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ապահարզան (apaharzan) (learned)

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ապահարզան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ապահարզան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ապահարզան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • ապահարզան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, 1749–1769