սաւան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon, linen cloth or towel).

Noun

սաւան • (sawan)

  1. large sheet of cloth, e.g. a bedsheet

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative սաւան (sawan) սաւանք (sawankʻ)
genitive սաւանի (sawani) սաւանաց (sawanacʻ)
dative սաւանի (sawani) սաւանաց (sawanacʻ)
accusative սաւան (sawan) սաւանս (sawans)
ablative սաւանէ (sawanē) սաւանաց (sawanacʻ)
instrumental սաւանաւ (sawanaw) սաւանաւք = սաւանօք (sawanawkʻ = sawanōkʻ)
locative սաւանի (sawani) սաւանս (sawans)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սավան (savan)

References

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