ապարանջան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ապարանջան (aparanǰan).

Pronunciation

Noun

ապարանջան • (aparanǰan)

  1. bracelet

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian браслет (braslet) is used instead.

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ապարանջ (aparanǰ)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian ابرنجن (abranjan).

Noun

ապարանջան • (aparanǰan)

  1. bracelet (worn both by men and women)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ոտնապարանջան (otnaparanǰan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապարանջան (aparanǰan)
  • Middle Armenian: ապրանջան (apranǰan), առպնճան (aṙpnčan), ապըռճան (apəṙčan), ապառճան (apaṙčan)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ապարանջան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ապարանջան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ապարանջան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ապարանջան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ապարանջ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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