Where does “կացին” come from?

կացին (Old Armenian) comes from Classical Syriac ܚܨܝܢܐ, from Akkadian ḫaṣṣinnum — axe, hoe, digging tool.

կացին (Old Armenian): axe, hatchet

Definitions

  1. axe, hatchet

Ancestry of “կացին”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Syriacܚܨܝܢܐaxe, pickaxe
2Akkadianḫaṣṣinnumaxe, hoe, digging tool

Words derived from “կացին”

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