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-արան

-արան

Armenian

Suffix

-արան (-aran)

  1. Forms nouns with the meaning of place, -ery, -arium.
    առողջ (aṙołǰ) (aṙoġǰ) — healthy
    առողջարան (aṙołǰaran) (aṙoġǰaran) — sanatorium
    բառ (baṙ) (baṙ) — word
    բառարան (baṙaran) (baṙaran) — dictionary

Declension

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-a-δan(a)-, from the stem element *-a- + *dana- (place).

Suffix

-արան (-aran)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers; -ery, -arium
    գործgorc ― work
    գործարանgorcaran ― manufactory
    դատdat ― trial, judicial proceedings
    դատարանdataran ― court of justice

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -արան</a>

Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -արան”, 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