պարիսպ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian պարիսպ (parisp).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

պարիսպ (parisp)

  1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

The walls of Lori Fortress in Armenia

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫛𐫡𐫏𐫘𐫛 (prysp /⁠parisp⁠/), Middle Persian 𐫛𐫡𐫏𐫘𐫛 (prysp /⁠parisp⁠/, wall), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pari- (around) and *swaH- (to move, throw, erect).

Noun[edit]

պարիսպ (parisp)

  1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.)
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.52:[1]
      եւ նեղեսցէ զքեզ։ յամենայն քաղաքս քո, մինչեւ կործանեսցին պարիսպք քո բարձրացեալք եւ ամուրք յորս դուն յուսացեալ իցես յամենայն երկրին քում
      ew nełescʻē zkʻez. yamenayn kʻałakʻs kʻo, minčʻew korcanescʻin parispkʻ kʻo barjracʻealkʻ ew amurkʻ yors dun yusacʻeal icʻes yamenayn erkrin kʻum
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: պարիսպ (parisp)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (1981) The Armenian translation of Deuteronomy (Armenian texts and studies; 2)‎[1], University of Pennsylvania: Scholars Press, pages 187–188

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պարիսպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 62a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պարիսպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պարիսպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Salemann, Carl (1908) “Manichaeische Studien. I. Die mittelpersischen Texte in revidierter Transcription, mit Glossar und grammatischen Bemerkungen”, in Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, VIIIe Série, Cl. hist.-phil., volume 8, number 10, page 114