զենում

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Iranian *zyān or *ziyān. Compare Sogdian (wzyʾn /⁠ōzyān⁠/, sacrifice).

Verb

զենում (zenum)

  1. (transitive) to slaughter, to kill (an animal)
  2. (transitive) to immolate, to sacrifice
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be sacrificed or immolated

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: զենել (zenel) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զենում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զենում”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զեն”, 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 525