տապար

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian տապար (tapar); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

տապար (tapar)

  1. axe
  2. battle axe

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian تبر (tabar), Middle Persian [script needed] (tabrak, axe).

Noun[edit]

տապար (tapar)

  1. axe
    դնել զտապար առ արմինdnel ztapar aṙ arminto lay the axe to the tree
  2. battle axe

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: տապար (tapar)

References[edit]

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