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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ցան (cʻan).
Pronunciation
Noun
ցան • (cʻan)
- sowing
- something that is sown, scattered or spread
- (medicine) rash
- (dialectal) uncollected cow dung in the fields
- (dialectal, by extension) dung, manure
- (dialectal) large inedible pieces of chaff left behind by farm animals
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ցան”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “ցան”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 457b
Old Armenian
Etymology
Deverbal from ցանեմ (cʻanem).
Noun
ցան • (cʻan)
- sowing
Declension
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singular
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plural
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ցան (cʻan)
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ցանք (cʻankʻ)
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| genitive
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ցանի (cʻani)
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ցանից (cʻanicʻ)
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| dative
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ցանի (cʻani)
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ցանից (cʻanicʻ)
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| accusative
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ցան (cʻan)
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ցանս (cʻans)
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| ablative
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ցանէ (cʻanē)
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ցանից (cʻanicʻ)
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| instrumental
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ցանիւ (cʻaniw)
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ցանիւք (cʻaniwkʻ)
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| locative
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ցանի (cʻani)
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ցանս (cʻans)
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Adjective
ցան • (cʻan)
- scattered, disseminated, spread
- ցան եւ ցիր, ցիր եւ ցան ― cʻan ew cʻir, cʻir ew cʻan ― scattered about, dispersed everywhere; here and there
Descendants
- Armenian: ցան (cʻan), ցանք (cʻankʻ)
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy