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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫗 (dyn /dēn/), Middle Persian (dyn' /dēn/), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, “religion”).
Noun
դեն • (den)
- the Persian religion
- դեն մազդեզանց ― den mazdezancʻ ― Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism
- sect (a religious group sharing unorthodox religious beliefs)
- Synonym: աղանդ (ałand)
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դեն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 652–653
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դեն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 139
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դեն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy