դեն

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫗 (dyn /⁠dēn⁠/), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dyn' /⁠dēn⁠/), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, religion).

Noun

դեն (den)

  1. the Persian religion
    դեն մազդեզանցden mazdezancʿZoroastrianism, Mazdaism
  2. sect (a religious group sharing unorthodox religious beliefs)
    Synonym: աղանդ (ałand)

Declension

Derived terms

  • դենադարձ (denadarj)
  • դենակորոյս (denakoroys)
  • պարսկադեն (parskaden)
  • դենպետ (denpet)
  • դենիմազդեզն (denimazdezn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դեն (den)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), դեն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 652–653
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դեն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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, Matatʿeay (1879), դեն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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