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Old Armenian
Etymology
From earlier *պատսախանի (*patsaxani), borrowed from an Iranian compound equivalent to Old Iranian *pati-saxwan-iya-, from Proto-Iranian *cánhati; see there for more. The form պատասխան (patasxan) is a later development.
Noun
պատասխանի • (patasxani)
- answer, explanation
- հրաման պատասխանւոյ ― hraman patasxanwoy ― oracle
- պատասխանի առնել ― patasxani aṙnel ― to answer, to reply, to make answer to
- պատասխանի տալ ― patasxani tal ― to answer for; to defend, excuse or justify oneself
- տալ վասն անձին պատասխանի ― tal vasn anjin patasxani ― to plead one's own cause
Usage notes
Often abbreviated as պտ՟ (pt.) = պատասխանի (patasxani).
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պատասխանի”, 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) “պատասխանի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Tumanjan, Eteri (1971) Древнеармянский язык [The Old Armenian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
- 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 901
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատասխանի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy