դաւաճան

From Iranian *daβ(a)čan. Compare դաւ (daw) and -ճան (-čan).

դաւաճան • (dawačan)

1. impostor; felon, cheat, prevaricator, sycophant, traitor
2. (as an adjective) fraudulent, fallacious, disloyal
3. (in the plural) treason

• Armenian: դավաճան (davačan)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաւաճան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դաւաճան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դաւաճան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 523