պատճէն

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the unattested Parthian cognate of Middle Persian (pcyn' /⁠pačēn⁠/). The by-form պաճէն (pačēn) is from Middle Persian. The by-forms պատճեան (patčean), պաճեան (pačean) were back-formed from inflections like պատճենի (patčeni). The by-forms պատճիկ (patčik), պաճիկ (pačik) remain unexplained.

Noun

պատճէն (patčēn)

  1. copy of an official letter

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: պատճեն (patčen)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատճեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատճէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Müller, Friedrich (1892) “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, pages 264–265
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 224
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատճէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 45–46
  • 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 902
  • Livshits, Vladimir (2006) “Armeno-Partho-Sogdica”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 10, number 1, page 84