թան

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թան (tʿan).

Noun

թան (tʿan)

  1. tan (a drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh)

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt; to flow, stream), whence also թանամ (tʿanam, to make wet). Thus, literally “wet food”. Typologically compare the dialectal Armenian թացան (tʿacʿan, dairy victuals eaten with bread) from թաց (tʿacʿ, wet).

Noun

թան (tʿan)

  1. soup, broth
    թան ոսպնեայtʿan ospneaypottage of lentils, lentil soup

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 149ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), թան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 794–795
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 152
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 97
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 213a
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