ազբն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

ասբն (asbn)
ասպն (aspn)

Etymology

Martirosyan considers the basic meaning to be “the (wooden) frame of a loom with the main threads as the basis of the fabric”. Possibly connected with Khotanese [script needed] (ysba, “reed”) and together with it inherited from Proto-Indo-European *Hos(d)-b(ʰ)-. Alternatively, an Iranian loan.

Noun

ազբն • (azbn)

weft, web, warp

Declension

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n-type
	singular	plural
nominative	ազբն (azbn)	ազբունք (azbunkʻ)
genitive	ազբին (azbin)	ազբանց (azbancʻ)
dative	ազբին (azbin)	ազբանց (azbancʻ)
accusative	ազբն (azbn)	ազբունս (azbuns)
ablative	ազբնէ (azbnē)	ազբանց (azbancʻ)
instrumental	ազբամբ (azbamb)	ազբամբք (azbambkʻ)
locative	ազբին (azbin)	ազբունս (azbuns)

Derived terms

ազբնագող (azbnagoł)
ազբոց (azbocʻ)

Descendants

Armenian: ազբ (azb)

References

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ազբն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ազբն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ազբն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “azbn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 7