զրահ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian զրահ (zrah).

Pronunciation

Noun

զրահ • (zrah)

  1. armor

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • զրայ (zray)
  • զրեայ (zreay)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *zrāh, from Proto-Iranian *zrāda-. Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀- (zrāδa-), Middle Persian zlyh (zrēh), Persian زره (zere). See also Middle Armenian զրեհ (zreh).

Noun

զրահ • (zrah)

  1. (usually in the plural) armor, coat of mail

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: զրահ (zrah)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զրահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զրահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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