սրբազան

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սրբազան (srbazan).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ

Adjective

սրբազան (srbazan) (superlative ամենասրբազան)

  1. holy, sacred
    սրբազան պատերազմsrbazan paterazmholy war

Declension

Noun

սրբազան (srbazan)

  1. epithet used to refer to high-ranking Christian clergy, especially bishops

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

սուրբ (surb) + -ա- (-a-) + -զան (-zan)

Adjective

սրբազան (srbazan)

  1. holy, sacred

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: սրբազան (srbazan)

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սրբազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), սրբազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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