-ճան

See also: ճան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-čan. Compare Parthian [script needed] (-cn /⁠-čan⁠/) in [script needed] (šʾdcn /⁠šādčan⁠/, “happy”), Sogdian [script needed] (-cn /⁠-čan⁠/, “inclined to; belonging to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan-, *čan- (“to love, take pleasure in”).

Suffix

-ճան • (-čan)

1. -loving

   գինեճան ― ginečan ― wine-loving

   տիրաճան ― tiračan ― loving one's lord

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ճան

Related terms

• դաւա-ճան (dawa-čan), խրախ-ճան (xrax-čan), ճակա-ճան (čaka-čan), (possibly) վախ-ճան (vax-čan)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ճան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48