sêxan

See also: sexan

Northern Kurdish

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from սեղան, սէղան according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Northern Kurdish or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Old Armenian սեղան (sełan). Found only in the Bible translation.

Noun

sêẍan ?

altar
- 1872, “Šəġulē rēsulan 17:23”, in Isaac Grout Bliss et al., transl., Pʻēymanē nō ē xōiyē mă isa ēl Mēsih, Constantinople: A.H. Bohajian, translation of New Testament, Acts 17:23, page 326:
  […] սեղան քի ժի մը տի […]
  […] seġan kʻi ži mə ti […]
  […] I found an altar […]
- 1872, “Mēkʻtʻupē žə rōmalianṙa 2:22”, in Isaac Grout Bliss et al., transl., Pʻēymanē nō ē xōiyē mă isa ēl Mēsih, Constantinople: A.H. Bohajian, translation of New Testament, Romans 2:22, page 363:
  […] սէղանան թալան տըքի՞ […]
  […] sēġanan tʻalan təkʻi^? […]
  […] do you rob altars? […]

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սեղան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 199a