زردخانة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zar.da.xaː.na/

Noun

زَرْدَخَانَة • (zardaḵāna) f

  1. Alternative form of زَرْدَخَان (zardaḵān, astrakhan fabric)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian زردخانه (zarad-xâne, literally armshouse), compound of the Arabic زَرَد (zarad, armour) and Persian خانه (xâne, house). Akin to Georgian ზარადხანა (zaradxana), ზარდახანა (zardaxana), Middle Armenian զառատխանայ (zaṙatxanay).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.rad.xaː.na/

Noun

زَرَدْخَانَة • (zaradḵāna) f (historical)

  1. arsenal, armoury
  2. a kind of detention facility
Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զրահ”, 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 111a
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زردخانة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 585a
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