պայման

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պայման (payman).

Pronunciation

Noun

պայման (payman)

  1. condition

Declension

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (ptmʾn' /⁠paymān⁠/, measure, period; moderation; treaty), Persian پیمان (peymân, pledge; pact; agreement; contract).

Noun

պայման (payman)

  1. condition, situation
  2. manner
  3. appointed time

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: պոման (poman)
  • Armenian: պայման (payman)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պայման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պայման”, 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 220
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պայման”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy