ափիոն

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ափիոն (apʻion).

Pronunciation

Noun

ափիոն • (apʻion)

  1. opium
    Synonym: օպիում (ōpium)

Declension

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աֆիօն (afiōn), աֆիոն (afion), աբիոն (abion)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ափիոն (apʻion) (in Galen), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠apiyōn⁠/), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). The forms աֆիոն (afion), աֆիոն (afion) are from Arabic أفيون (ʔafyūn) or Persian افیون (afyun).

Noun

ափիոն • (apʻion)

  1. opium

Descendants

  • Armenian: ափիոն (apʻion)

See also

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ափիոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ափիոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “աֆիոն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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