ծածան

Armenian

Etymology

A modern literary creation from the root of ծածանել (cacanel, to wave, flap).[1] Perhaps influenced by Ottoman Turkish صازان (sazan, carp), whence Middle Armenian սազան (sazan, carp).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծածան • (cacan)

  1. carp

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծածան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 436b
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