-բան

բան Appendix:Variations of "ban" Armenian Etymology From hy xcl բան word. In Old Armenian it was used in Ancient Greek calques for translating grc λόγος in words like grc θεολόγος or grc θεολογία, which were rendered as xcl աստուածաբան and xcl աստուածաբանութիւն. The practice continues now in calquing international (Latin) words with en -logy, en -logist, etc. Pronunciation Suffix hy suffix -logist, -ist hy բուսաբան botanist hy երկրաբան geologist hy հոգեբան psychologist Derived terms hy