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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Iranian *miθriyāna- (“belonging to or associated with Mithra”, a substantivized adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás.
Noun
մեհեան • (mehean)
- pagan temple
- Synonym: բագին (bagin)
- (by extension) pagan altar
- Synonym: բագին (bagin)
- (by extension) idol
- Synonym: կուռք (kuṙkʻ)
Declension
the irregular nominative plural մեհենք (mehenkʻ) and genitive/dative/ablative plural մեհենեաց (meheneacʻ) are also attested
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: մեհյան (mehyan) (learned)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մեհեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 296
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեհեան”, 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 194
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մեհեան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 521
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 894