սան

Armenian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑn]

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian սան (san); see below.

Noun

սան (san)

  1. nursling
  2. pupil; alumnus
  3. godchild
  4. adopted child, foster child
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian սան (san).

Noun

սան (san)

  1. copper cauldron
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Zero-grade of the root սուն- (sun-, feeding, fostering).

Noun

սան (san)

  1. nursling; foster child
  2. pupil, scholar
  3. godchild
Declension
Derived terms
  • սանական (sanakan)
  • սանակից (sanakicʿ)
  • սանահայր (sanahayr)
  • սանամայր (sanamayr)
Descendants

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

սան (san)

  1. kettle, boiler, caldron, saucepan, stewpan
  2. (chemistry) still, cucurbit
    սան Պապենsan PapenPapin's digestor, athanor, digesting-furnace
Declension
Derived terms
  • սանակալ (sanakal)
Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սան”, 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
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