լայն

Alternative forms

• լեն (len) (dialectal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լայն (layn).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [lɑjn]

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Adjective

լայն • (layn) (superlative ամենալայն)

1. wide, broad

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂teno-, from *pl̥h₂t-, from *pelh₂-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रथस् (práthas), Ancient Greek πλάτος (plátos), πλατύς (platús), Lithuanian platus, Proto-Celtic *ɸlitanos.

Adjective

լայն • (layn)

1. wide, broad

   գետ ի լայն ծաւալեալ ― get i layn cawaleal ― a mighty mass of flowing water, an immense, or overflowing river

   բարձր եւ լայն հասակաւ ― barjr ew layn hasakaw ― a tall and stout man, fleshy, corpulent

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լայն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լայն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լայն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 144