ասպահանիկ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Because of the prothetic a- borrowed from Middle Median [Term?]. See also Ասպահան (Aspahan).

Adjective

ասպահանիկ • (aspahanik)

1. from Isfahan, Isfahanian

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասպահանիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 19