Փայտակարան

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Փայտակարան (Pʿaytakaran).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Փայտակարան (Pʿaytakaran)

  1. Paytakaran (a historical province of Armenia)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

"The land of Pʿayt", applied by Medians to this territory to their north, from Old Median *karan- (border, region, land). The Pʿayt is probably a name of a Caspian tribe. See also Lankaran.

Proper noun

Փայտակարան (Pʿaytakaran)

  1. Paytakaran (a province of Armenia)
  2. Paytakaran (a city in this province, possibly to be identified with Beylagan)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Փայտակարան (Pʿaytakaran) (learned)

References

  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), Փայտակարան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1982), “Etimologičeskije zametki. I [Etymological Notes. I]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), issue I, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISSN, pages 55–56
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