ցան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ցան (cʻan).

Pronunciation

Noun

ցան • (cʻan)

  1. sowing
  2. something that is sown, scattered or spread
    1. (medicine) rash
    2. (dialectal) uncollected cow dung in the fields
    3. (dialectal, by extension) dung, manure
    4. (dialectal) large inedible pieces of chaff left behind by farm animals

Declension

Derived terms

  • ցանանոց (cʻananocʻ)
  • ցանի տուն (cʻani tun)
  • ցանտուն (cʻantun)

See also

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ցան”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “ցան”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 457b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Deverbal from ցանեմ (cʻanem).

Noun

ցան • (cʻan)

  1. sowing

Declension

Adjective

ցան • (cʻan)

  1. scattered, disseminated, spread
    ցան եւ ցիր, ցիր եւ ցանcʻan ew cʻir, cʻir ew cʻanscattered about, dispersed everywhere; here and there

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցան (cʻan), ցանք (cʻankʻ)

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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