դեն
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Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫗 (dyn /dēn/), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dyn' /dēn/), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, “religion”).
Noun
[edit]դեն • (den)
- the Persian religion
- դեն մազդեզանց ― den mazdezancʻ ― Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism
- sect (a religious group sharing unorthodox religious beliefs)
- Synonym: աղանդ (ałand)
Declension
[edit]i-type
Derived terms
[edit]- դենադարձ (denadarj)
- դենակորոյս (denakoroys)
- պարսկադեն (parskaden)
Related terms
[edit]- դենպետ (denpet)
- դենիմազդեզն (denimazdezn)
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: դեն (den)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դեն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 652–653
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դեն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 139
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դեն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy