-ճան

See also: ճան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-čan. Compare Parthian [script needed] (-cn /-čan/) in [script needed] (šʾdcn /šādčan/, “happy”), Sogdian [script needed] (-cn /-čan/, “inclined to; belonging to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan-, *čan- (“to love, take pleasure in”).

Suffix

-ճան • (-čan)

  1. -loving
    գինեճան ― ginečan ― wine-loving
    տիրաճան ― tiračan ― loving one's lord

Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ճան

References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ճան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
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