վախճան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian վախճան (vaxčan).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /vaχˈt͡ʃan/ invalid IPA characters (//)
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /vaχˈd͡ʒan/ invalid IPA characters (//)
• Hyphenation: վախ‧ճան

Noun

վախճան • (vaxčan)

1. end

   վախճան ունենալ ― vaxčan unenal ― to end, to finish

2. death (end of life)

   վախճան տալ ― vaxčan tal ― to kill, to cause death

3. ending, finish

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• վաղճան (vałčan)
• վաղջան (vałǰan)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. According to Bailey, the second part is identical with -ճան (-čan).

Noun

վախճան • (vaxčan)

1. end, term; end, scope, object; issue, event, end, result; accomplishment, finishing, conclusion, close; end, extremity; end, demise, decease, death, exit

   ցմեծ վախճան ― cʻmec vaxčan ― long time, a long while

   ի վախճանի ― i vaxčani ― in fine, finally, at last, at length, after all, in the last place

   ցվախճան ― cʻvaxčan ― to the end

   ի վախճան ամին ― i vaxčan amin ― at the year's end

   ի վախճանի աւուրց ― i vaxčani awurcʻ ― in the future

   ի վախճան աւուրցս այսոցիկ ― i vaxčan awurcʻs aysocʻik ― in these latter times

   վախճան բանիս ― vaxčan banis ― in a word; the pith of my argument

   վախճան եհաս նմա ― vaxčan ehas nma ― he died

   ընկալաւ զարժանահասն վախճան ― ənkalaw zaržanahasn vaxčan ― he died as he merited

   ի վախճան կենաց իւրոց ― i vaxčan kenacʻ iwrocʻ ― in his last days, towards the close of his life

   մերձ ի վախճան լինել ― merj i vaxčan linel ― to be at one's final agony

   վախճան առնուլ ― vaxčan aṙnul ― to draw to a close or end, to cease, to end, to expire

   վախճան առնել ― vaxčan aṙnel ― to make an end of, to put an end or term to, to come to a conclusion, to decide, to end

   առնել զոք ի վախճան ― aṙnel zokʻ i vaxčan ― to send to perdition, to put to death

   վախճան դնել ― vaxčan dnel ― to bring to a close, to conclude, to terminate, to finish, to end

Declension

Adverb

վախճան • (vaxčan)

1. in fine, finally, at last, at length, after all, in the last place

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: վախճան (vaxčan)
• Georgian: ოხჭანი (oxč̣ani)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վախճան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վախճան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վախճան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) “daṃjanai”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 151a