ծածան

Armenian

Etymology

A modern literary creation from the root of ծածանել (cacanel, to wave, flap).[1] Perhaps influenced by Ottoman Turkish صازان (sazan, carp), whence Middle Armenian սազան (sazan, carp).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծածան (cacan)

  1. carp

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ծածան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 436b
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