շրջան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շրջան (šrǰan).

Pronunciation

Noun

շրջան (šrǰan)

  1. (geometry) circle
  2. (administrative division) region, area, oblast
  3. sphere, realm
  4. period, epoch

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

շուրջ (šurǰ) + -ան (-an)

Noun

շրջան (šrǰan)

  1. turn, gyre, turning, circuit, revolution, circumvolution, circulation, conversion; course, cycle, period, circle, round; turning, wheeling, winding; sinuosity
    շրջան առնուլšrǰan aṙnulto turn, to make or take a turn; to turn or whirl round and round; to circulate, to revolve, to move; to spin round upon one leg
    շրջանք ջուրցšrǰankʿ ǰurcʿwhirlpool, vortex
    շրջան մեծšrǰan mecperiod or cycle of five hundred and thirty-two years
    շրջան զօրացšrǰan zōracʿevolution
  2. change, vicissitude

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), շրջան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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