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Old Armenian
Etymology
Wholly borrowed from an unattested Middle Iranian term, composed of the etymon of նկար (nkar) and a suffix going back to Proto-Iranian *-ayHnah. Compare Persian نگارین (negârin, “painted, coloured”).
Adjective
նկարէն • (nkarēn)
- painted, coloured, variegated, varied with many colours
- embellished with imagery
Descendants
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նկարէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Greppin, John A. C. (1975) Classical Armenian nominal suffixes: A historical study, a separate print of Greppin 1974, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 94
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-էն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
- 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 431
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նկարէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy