շրջան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շրջան (šrǰan).

Pronunciation

Noun

շրջան • (šrǰan)

  1. (geometry) circle
  2. (administrative division) region, area, oblast
  3. sphere, realm
  4. period, epoch

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

շուրջ (šurǰ) + -ան (-an)

Noun

շրջան • (šrǰan)

  1. turn, gyre, turning, circuit, revolution, circumvolution, circulation, conversion; course, cycle, period, circle, round; turning, wheeling, winding; sinuosity
    շրջան առնուլšrǰan aṙnulto turn, to make or take a turn; to turn or whirl round and round; to circulate, to revolve, to move; to spin round upon one leg
    շրջանք ջուրցšrǰankʻ ǰurcʻwhirlpool, vortex
    շրջան մեծšrǰan mecperiod or cycle of five hundred and thirty-two years
    շրջան զօրացšrǰan zōracʻevolution
  2. change, vicissitude

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շրջան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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