ափիոն

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ափիոն (apʻion).

Pronunciation

Noun

ափիոն (apʻion)

  1. opium
    Synonym: օպիում (ōpium)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative ափիոն (apʻion)
dative ափիոնի (apʻioni)
ablative ափիոնից (apʻionicʻ)
instrumental ափիոնով (apʻionov)
locative ափիոնում (apʻionum)
definite forms
nominative ափիոնը/ափիոնն (apʻionə/apʻionn)
dative ափիոնին (apʻionin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ափիոնս (apʻions)
dative ափիոնիս (apʻionis)
ablative ափիոնիցս (apʻionicʻs)
instrumental ափիոնովս (apʻionovs)
locative ափիոնումս (apʻionums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ափիոնդ (apʻiond)
dative ափիոնիդ (apʻionid)
ablative ափիոնիցդ (apʻionicʻd)
instrumental ափիոնովդ (apʻionovd)
locative ափիոնումդ (apʻionumd)

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian ափիոն (apʻion) (in Galen), from Middle Persian (/⁠apiyōn⁠/), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). The forms աֆիոն (afion), աֆիոն (afion) are from Arabic أفيون (ʔafyūn) or Persian افیون (afyun).

Noun

ափիոն (apʻion)

  1. opium

Descendants

  • Armenian: ափիոն (apʻion)

See also

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ափիոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ափիոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “աֆիոն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press