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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܛܢܐ (sāṭānā), from Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān). The form սատան (satan) entered via Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán).
Proper noun
սատանայ • (satanay)
- opponent, rival; rebel prince
- Satan, devil
5th century,
Bible,
Epistle to the Ephesians 6.11:
- Եւ զգեցարուք զսպառազինութիւնն Աստուածոյ, զի կարող լինիջիք կալ ընդդէմ հնարից սատանայի։
- Ew zgecʻarukʻ zspaṙazinutʻiwnn Astuacoy, zi karoł liniǰikʻ kal ənddēm hnaricʻ satanayi.
- Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սատան”, 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, page 179b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սատանայ”, 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 179—180
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սատան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սատանայ”, 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 316
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սատանայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy