նրան

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

նրան (nran)

  1. him
  2. her (objective form)
  3. it (objective form)

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian նրան (nran); see it for more.

Noun

նրան (nran)

  1. dagger
  2. dirk
Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Parthian *niδān, from Proto-Iranian *ni-dāna-, from the prefix *ni- (down) + *dā- (to cut). See դանակ (danak) for more.

Noun

նրան (nran)

  1. a kind of a dagger or a short sword

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: նրան (nran)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նրան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 67