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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Iranian *-čan. Compare Parthian (-cn /-čan/) in (šʾdcn /šādčan/, “happy”), Sogdian (-cn /-čan/, “inclined to; belonging to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan-, *čan- (“to love, take pleasure in”).
Suffix
-ճան • (-čan)
- -loving
- գինեճան ― ginečan ― wine-loving
- տիրաճան ― tiračan ― loving one's lord
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ճան”, 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