դաշտան

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian դաշտան (daštan).

Pronunciation

Noun

դաշտան (daštan)

  1. menstruation

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • դաշտանաբեր (daštanaber)
  • դաշտանադադար (daštanadadar)
  • դաշտանային (daštanayin)
  • դաշտանատություն (daštanatutʿyun)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian dštʾn' (daštān).

Noun

դաշտան (daštan)

  1. menstruation
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] :[1]
      [] և զկէսս տունս դաշտանաց և աղտեղութեան շինէք []
      [] ew zkēss tuns daštanacʿ ew ałtełutʿean šinēkʿ []
    տուն դաշտանացtun daštanacʿsecluded place for menstruous women

Declension

Adjective

դաշտան (daštan)

  1. menstruous, menstruating

Declension

Derived terms

  • դաշտանիկ (daštanik)
  • դաշտանութիւն (daštanutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դաշտան (daštan)

References

  1. Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (1904), G. Tēr-Mkrtčʿean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ ew tʿułtʿ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʿ hayocʿ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʿakan Martiroseancʿi, page 80

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), դաշտան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դաշտան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), դաշտան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 624a
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