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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Persian شیون (šivan, “lamentation”).
Noun
շիւան • (šiwan)
- lamentation
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շիւան”, 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 521b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 214
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շիւանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “շիւան”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 596b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շիւանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy