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J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
Etymology 2
From the Middle Iranian pluralization suffix *-ān, found in Parthian, Middle Persian and Modern Persian. Compare also -անի(-ani).
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European*-n̥to, the third-person plural past indicative middle ending of verbs. The -ա-(-a-) of this form is thought to have spread throughout other persons and numbers of the aorist mediopassive indicative paradigm.