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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դաշն (dašn).

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Noun

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դաշն (dašn)

  1. treaty, agreement
    Synonym: դաշնագիր (dašnagir)
    դաշն կապելdašn kapelto conclude a treaty
  2. harmony

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Adjective

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դաշն (dašn) (superlative ամենադաշն)

  1. harmonious
  2. agreeable to the ear, sweet, gentle, soft

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian *dašn (contract, treaty), attested as misspelled pšn' (pašn). Compare Old Georgian დაშნი (dašni, contract, truce (?); submissive; calm; humble), also from Iranian.

Noun

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դաշն (dašn)

  1. contract, convention, bargain, treaty, engagement; condition, capitulation; compact, agreement; concurrence, alliance
    դաշինս կռել, հաստատել, ի դաշն մտանելdašins kṙel, hastatel, i dašn mtanelto contract, to make an agreement; to stipulate, to transact; to confederate
    անցանել զդաշամբancʻanel zdašambto break the conditions, the alliance or faith
    անցանել զամուսնութեան, զառն դաշամբքancʻanel zamusnutʻean, zaṙn dašambkʻto be unfaithful to the marriage-bed
    դաշն հաւատոյdašn hawatoythe Creed
    դաշն քաղաքականdašn kʻałakʻakancivil contract
  2. (post-Classical, music) harmony

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Adjective

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դաշն (dašn)

  1. (post-Classical, music) sweet, agreeable to the ear

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Adverb

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դաշն (dašn)

  1. (post-Classical) gently, tenderly; softly; with a low voice
    դաշն խօսիլdašn xōsilto speak very mildly
    դաշն նայիլdašn nayilto look tenderly, affectionately, or sweetly on one

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: դաշն (dašn), դաշինք (dašinkʻ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաշն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դաշն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դաշն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pašn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 66