ափիոն
Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ափիոն (apʿion).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑpʰˈjɔn], [ɑpʰiˈ(j)ɔn]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑpʰˈjɔn], [ɑpʰiˈ(j)ɔn]
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Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ափիոն (apʿion) | |||
| dative | ափիոնի (apʿioni) | |||
| ablative | ափիոնից (apʿionicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | ափիոնով (apʿionov) | |||
| locative | ափիոնում (apʿionum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ափիոնը/ափիոնն (apʿionə/apʿionn) | |||
| dative | ափիոնին (apʿionin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ափիոնս (apʿions) | |||
| dative | ափիոնիս (apʿionis) | |||
| ablative | ափիոնիցս (apʿionicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | ափիոնովս (apʿionovs) | |||
| locative | ափիոնումս (apʿionums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ափիոնդ (apʿiond) | |||
| dative | ափիոնիդ (apʿionid) | |||
| ablative | ափիոնիցդ (apʿionicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | ափիոնովդ (apʿionovd) | |||
| locative | ափիոնումդ (apʿionumd) | |||
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- աֆիօն (afiōn), աֆիոն (afion), աբիոն (abion)
Etymology
From Old Armenian ափիոն (apʿion) (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).
Descendants
- → Armenian: ափիոն (apʿion)
See also
- խաշխաշ (xašxaš)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ափիոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Łazaryan, 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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