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արջասպ

արջասպ

Armenian

Noun

արջասպ (arǰasp)

  1. (chemistry) vitriol

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • առջասպ (aṙǰasp)
  • արջասպն (arǰaspn)

Etymology

The older form is արջասպն (arǰaspn), from արջն (arǰn, black) + -ա- (-a-) + Parthian *span-, from Proto-Iranian *spana- (iron); compare Sogdian ʾspnʾynʾk (*(ə)spanēnē, of iron), Ossetian ӕфсӕн (æfsæn, ploughshare; iron), Persian آهن (âhan, iron).

Noun

արջասպ (arǰasp)

  1. vitriol, sulphate of iron or copper, used especially as black ink

Declension

Derived terms

  • արջասպախառն (arǰaspaxaṙn)
  • արջասպային (arǰaspayin)
  • արջասպաներկ (arǰaspanerk)
  • արջասպնագոյն (arǰaspnagoyn)
  • արջասպուտ (arǰasput)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արջասպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), արջասպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արջասպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arǰasp”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 144