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-ան
-ան
Old Armenian
Suffix
-ան • (-an)
- found mainly in nouns
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instrument-suffix
- տոփան ― topʿan ― rammer
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%B6'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ան</a>
Etymology 2
From the Middle Iranian pluralization suffix *-ān, found in Parthian, Middle Persian and Modern Persian. Compare also -անի (-ani).
Suffix
-ան • (-an)
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collective suffix
- իշան ― išan ― donkeys
- ձիան ― jian ― horses
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%B6_(collective)'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ան (collective)</a>
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48