ափիոն

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ափիոն (apʿion).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑpʰˈjɔn]
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Noun

ափիոն (apʿion)

  1. opium
    Synonym: օպիում (ōpium)

Declension


Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աֆիօն (afiōn)
  • աֆիոն (afion)
  • աբիոն (abion)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ափիոն (apʿion) (in Galen), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apiyōn), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). The forms աֆիոն (afion), աֆիոն (afion) are from Arabic أفيون (ʾafyūn) or Persian افیون (afyun).

Noun

ափիոն (apʿion)

  1. opium

Descendants

See also

  • խաշխաշ (xašxaš)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ափիոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ափիոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), աֆիոն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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