յեսան

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2] Often connected with Classical Persian افسان (afsān), فسان (fasân), سان (sân), آسیانه (âsiyâna, âsyâna),[3][4] Sanskrit शान (śāna), Ossetian ссон (sson), инсойнӕ (insojnæ, whetstone).[5] Attempts[6][7][8][9][10] to derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp) (whence Ancient Greek ἀκόνη (akónē), Old Church Slavonic осла (osla, whetstone)) or Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (sharpen) (whence Latin cos (whetstone)) meet phonetic obstacles.

Northern Kurdish hesan, Central Kurdish ھەسان (hesan), Zazaki hesan (whetstone) have been treated as Armenian borrowings,[1][11] but they may be inherited.

Noun

յեսան (yesan)

  1. whetstone

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: յեսան (yesan), եսան (esan)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յեսան”, 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, pages 396–397
  2. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 477
  3. ^ Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, pages 711, 715
  4. ^ Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “յեսան”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 88
  5. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 278
  6. ^ Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1850) “Vergleichung der armenischen Consonanten mit denen des Sanskrit”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 4, page 354
  7. ^ Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1851) Arica (in Latin), Halle: J.F. Lippert, pages 74, 214
  8. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, pages 515–516
  9. ^ Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 59
  10. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “յեսան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 552a
  11. ^ Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 163

Further reading

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