Պարտաւ
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Old Armenian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From North-Western Middle Iranian *paritāv, from Iranian *pari-tāva- (“rampart”), from *pari- (“around”) and *tā̆v- (“to throw; to heap up”). Compare պարիսպ (parisp) for a similar formation.
Proper noun [edit]
Պարտաւ • (Partaw) (singular genitive Պարտաւայ)
Declension [edit]
a-type
Descendants [edit]
- Armenian: Պարտավ (Partav)
References [edit]
- “Պարտաւ” in Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), Baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui: Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- Анаит Периханян (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Издадельство НАН РА), on page 77