ծածան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

ծածան (cacan)

  1. carp

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References[edit]

  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