Armenian

Noun

հան • ‎(han)

1. (archaic) grandmother

Declension

Synonyms

• տատ ‎(tat) (tat)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հանի ‎(hani)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‎(“old woman, ancestor”). Cognates include Latin anus, Ancient Greek ἀννίς ‎(annís), Lithuanian anyta, Hittite [script needed] ‎(ḫanna-, “grandmother”). The by-form հանի ‎(hani) may derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-iH-.

The word must have also had the meaning of “male ancestor” in Proto-Armenian: compare the Georgian borrowing ჰანი ‎(hani, “male or female ancestor”).

Noun

հան • ‎(han)

1. grandmother

Derived terms

• հանիկ ‎(hanik)

Descendants

• Armenian: հան ‎(han)
• Georgian: ჰანი ‎(hani)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 388