անձն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-ǵʰ-, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).[1][2][3]

Noun

անձն • (anjn)

  1. person
    անձամբ ― anjamb ― personally
    անձամբ անձին ― anjamb anjin ― by oneself, personally
    զանձամբ դառնալ ― zanjamb daṙnal ― to turn back
    զանձամբ արկանել ― zanjamb arkanel ― to put on
    յանձին բերել ― yanjin berel ― to imitate
    յանձին ունել ― yanjin unel ― to accept, to approve
    չառնուլ յանձն ― čʿaṙnul yanjn ― to refuse, to deny
    յանձն առնել ― yanjn aṙnel ― to recommend, to confide
    յանձն լինել ― yanjn linel ― to commend oneself, to have confidence in, to confide in, to be committed
  2. soul; mind; heart
    երդնում յանձն իմ, թէ այդ այդպէս է ― erdnum yanjn im, tʿē ayd aydpēs ē ― on my soul, it is so
    անձին առնել ― anjin aṙnel ― to commit suicide
    զգաստանալ յանձին ― zgastanal yanjin ― to revive, to recover one's senses
  3. -self: myself, thyself, himself
    սիրէ նա զանձն իւր ― sirē na zanjn iwr ― he loves himself
    վասն անձին եւեթ տամ պատասխանի ― vasn anjin ewetʿ tam patasxani ― I only answer for myself
    փոյթ ունի նա վասն անձին ― pʿoytʿ uni na vasn anjin ― he takes care of himself
    ձեռն յանձին հարկանել ― jeṙn yanjin harkanel ― to boast of, to flatter oneself, to prick oneself

Usage notes

This noun may be used in a reflexive role: սիրէ նա զանձն իւր (sirē na zanjn iwr, “he loves himself”).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անձն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anjn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 93

Further reading

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