-արան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -արան (-aran).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-արան • (-aran)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers; -ery, -arium
    ‎առողջ (aṙoġǰ, “healthy”) + ‎-արան (-aran) → ‎առողջարան (aṙoġǰaran, “sanatorium”)

Declension

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -արան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-a-δan(a)-, from the stem element *-a- + *dana- (“place”).

Suffix

-արան • (-aran)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers; -ery, -arium
    գործ ― gorc ― work
    գործարան ― gorcaran ― manufactory
    դատ ― dat ― trial, judicial proceedings
    դատարան ― dataran ― court of justice

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -արան

Descendants

  • Armenian: -արան (-aran)

Further reading

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-արան”, 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
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