կալան

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From կալնել (kalnel) + -ան (-an). See also Northern Kurdish kalan.

Noun

կալան (kalan)

  1. (dialectal, Aparan, Erciş, Muş, Çatak, Sasun) sheath, scabbard[1][2][3]
    Synonym: պատյան (patyan)
Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), կալան”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 537a
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 485a
  3. Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), կալան”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 13a

Etymology 2

The Proto-Turkic word for the bride price *kalïŋ, Tuvan калым (kalım), Southern Altai калым (kalïm), Yakut халыым (xalıım), Chuvash калым, холым (kalym, holym), Tatar калым (qalım), Chagatai قالن / قالین (калын, kalın), Turkish kalın, and many more, passed also into Russian калы́м (kalým), Northern Kurdish qelen.

Noun

կալան (kalan)

  1. (dialectal, Van) bride price[1][2]
    Synonyms: պաշլըխ (pašləx), բաշլըղ (bašləł), ղալիմ (łalim)
Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), կալան”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 536–537
  2. Tʿuršyan, Harutʿyun (2018), կալան”, in Baṙaran Vani barbaṙi [Dictionary of Van Dialect] (in Armenian), compiled and edited by Haykanuš Mesropyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 101b

Etymology 3

From Russian кала́н (kalán).

Noun

կալան (kalan)

  1. sea otter, Enhydra lutris[1]
    Synonyms: Կամչատկայի կուղբ (Kamčʿatkayi kułb), ծովային կուղբ (covayin kułb)
Declension

References

  1. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998), կալան”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ A. Katʿnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 326, page 33
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