ժառանգ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ժառանգ (žaṙang).

Pronunciation

Noun

ժառանգ (žaṙang)

  1. heir, inheritor
  2. descendant
    Synonyms: հետնորդ (hetnord), սերունդ (serund)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ժառանգական (žaṙangakan)
  • ժառանգականություն (žaṙangakanutʿyun)

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian origin has been proposed by Perixanjan.[1][2]

Noun

ժառանգ (žaṙang)

  1. heir
    արժանաւոր ժառանգ հայրենականացն առաքինութեանցaržanawor žaṙang hayrenakanacʿn aṙakʿinutʿeancʿworthy inheritor of his father's virtues
  2. inheritance
    Synonym: ժառանգութիւն (žaṙangutʿiwn)
  3. beneficed clergyman

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 90–99
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ժառանգ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 280b

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