յեսան

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2] Often connected with Classical Persian افسان‎ (afsān), فسان‎ (fasân), سان‎ (sân), آسیانه‎ (âsiyâna, âsyâna),[3][4] Sanskrit शान (śāna), Ossetian ссон (sson), инсойнӕ (insojnæ, “whetstone”)[5]. Attempts[6][7][8][9][10] to derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (whence Ancient Greek ἀκόνη (akónē), Old Church Slavonic осла (osla, “whetstone”)) or Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“sharpen”) (whence Latin cos (“whetstone”)) meet phonetic obstacles.

Northern Kurdish hesan, Central Kurdish ھەسان‎ (hesan), Zazaki hesan (“whetstone”) have been treated as Armenian borrowings,[1][11] but they may be inherited.

Noun

յեսան • (yesan)

  1. whetstone

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative յեսան (yesan) յեսանք (yesankʿ)
genitive յեսանի (yesani) յեսանից (yesanicʿ)
dative յեսանի (yesani) յեսանից (yesanicʿ)
accusative յեսան (yesan) յեսանս (yesans)
ablative յեսանէ (yesanē) յեսանից (yesanicʿ)
instrumental յեսանիւ (yesaniw) յեսանիւք (yesaniwkʿ)
locative յեսանի (yesani) յեսանս (yesans)
post-classical
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative յեսան (yesan) յեսանք (yesankʿ)
genitive յեսանի (yesani) յեսանաց (yesanacʿ)
dative յեսանի (yesani) յեսանաց (yesanacʿ)
accusative յեսան (yesan) յեսանս (yesans)
ablative յեսանէ (yesanē) յեսանաց (yesanacʿ)
instrumental յեսանաւ (yesanaw) յեսանաւք = յեսանօք (yesanawkʿ = yesanōkʿ)
locative յեսանի (yesani) յեսանս (yesans)
post-classical

Derived terms
  • յեսանասուր (yesanasur)
  • յեսանեմ (yesanem)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: յեսան (yesan), եսան (esan)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “յեսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 396–397
  2. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 477
  3. Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, pages 711, 715
  4. Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894), “յեսան”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʿ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Pałtatlean Press, page 88
  5. Абаев, В. И. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 278
  6. Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1850), “Vergleichung der armenischen Consonanten mit denen des Sanskrit”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 4, page 354
  7. Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1851) Arica (in Latin), Halle: J.F. Lippert, pages 74, 214
  8. Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, pages 515–516
  9. Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 59
  10. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “յեսան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 552a
  11. Асатрян, Г. (1987), “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), issue 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 163

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “յեսան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “յեսան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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