կապար

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Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կապար (kapar).

Noun[edit]

կապար (kapar)

  1. lead (metal)
    Synonym: արճիճ (arčič)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Armenian կապար (kapar).

Noun[edit]

կապար (kapar)

  1. caper, Capparis
    Synonym: կապրցախ (kaprcʻax)
Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown origin. Often connected with Akkadian 𒀀𒈖 (A.GAR₅ /⁠abāru⁠/, lead) from Sumerian 𒀀𒈖 (A.GAR₅ /⁠agar⁠/, lead), but the initial կ- (k-) is difficult to explain.

Noun[edit]

կապար (kapar)

  1. lead (metal)
  2. lead-pencil
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: կապար (kapar)

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կապար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կապար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կապար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

Etymology 2[edit]

From the unattested Middle Iranian cognate of Persian کبر (kabar, caper). Doublet of կապպար (kappar), քապար (kʻapar).

Noun[edit]

կապար (kapar)

  1. caper, Capparis
    • 5th century, Bible, Ecclesiastes 12.5:
      Եւ ի բարձունս հայեսցին, եւ ապշութիւն ի ճանապարհին․ եւ ծաղկեսցի նշին, եւ թանձրասցի մարախն, եւ տարածեսցի կապարն․ զի գնաց մարդ ի տուն իւր յաւիտենից, եւ շուրջ եղեն կոծօղք ի հրապարակս։
      Ew i barjuns hayescʻin, ew apšutʻiwn i čanaparhin; ew całkescʻi nšin, ew tʻanjrascʻi maraxn, ew taracescʻi kaparn; zi gnacʻ mard i tun iwr yawitenicʻ, ew šurǰ ełen kocōłkʻ i hraparaks.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market.
Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 523ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կապար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 165
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կապար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կապար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy