-բան

See also: բան and Appendix:Variations of "ban"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բան (ban, “word”). In Old Armenian it was used in Ancient Greek calques for translating λόγος (lógos) in words like θεολόγος (theológos) or θεολογία (theología), which were rendered as աստուածաբան (astuacaban) and աստուածաբանութիւն (astuacabanutʻiwn). The practice continues now in calquing international (Latin) words with -logy, -logist, etc.

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [-bɑn]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [-pʰɑn]

Suffix

-բան • (-ban)

-logist, -ist
բուսաբան (busaban, “botanist”)

երկրաբան (erkraban, “geologist”)

հոգեբան (hogeban, “psychologist”)

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -բան

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