ասպնջական

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ասպնջական (aspnǰakan).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ասպնջական • (aspnǰakan) (superlative ամենաասպնջական)

  1. (dated) hospitable
    Synonym: հյուրընկալ (hyurənkal)

Declension

Noun

ասպնջական • (aspnǰakan)

  1. (dated) host

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ասպանջական (aspanǰakan)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫗𐫋 (ʿspynj, hostel, place to stay), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾspnc /⁠aspinǰ⁠/, hospitality; inn), Persian سپنج (sepanj), and see the latter for more. For the suffix see -ական (-akan). The sense "cause" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρόξενος (próxenos).

Adjective

ասպնջական • (aspnǰakan)

  1. hospitable
    Synonyms: հիւրընկալ (hiwrənkal), օտարընկալ (ōtarənkal), վանատուր (vanatur)

Declension

Noun

ասպնջական • (aspnǰakan)

  1. host
  2. (figuratively) that which receives, receptacle
    Synonym: ընդունարան (əndunaran)
  3. cause
    Synonym: պատճառ (patčaṙ)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ասպանջականութիւն (aspanǰakanutʻiwn)
  • ասպնջականեմ (aspnǰakanem)
  • ասպնջականութիւն (aspnǰakanutʻiwn)
  • ասպնջատեղ (aspnǰateł)
  • նախասպնջական (naxaspnǰakan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ասպնջական (aspnǰakan)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպնջական”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 275
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասպնջական”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 109
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 516
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “ասպնջական”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասպնջական”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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