նկարէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From նկար (nkar) + Middle Iranian suffix *-ēn, from Old Iranian *-aina. Compare Persian نگارین‎ (negârin, “painted, coloured”).

Adjective

նկարէն • (nkarēn)

  1. painted, coloured, variegated, varied with many colours
  2. embellished with imagery

Descendants

References
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նկարէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նկարէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-էն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
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