պահրան

Middle Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan from Middle Iranian *pahran (“pasturing”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tro- (“guarder, protector, keeper”), from *peh₂- (“to protect”). See also հօրան (hōran).

Noun

պահրան • (pahran)

  1. pastureland

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon.

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պահրան”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 401
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