րոպէ

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Armenian[edit]

Noun[edit]

րոպէ (ropē)

  1. Traditional orthography spelling of րոպե (rope)

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ῥοπή (rhopḗ, moment). The figurative sense of “the world, the universe” in Armenian remains unexplained. Compare Georgian წუთისოფელი (c̣utisopeli, the earthly life) for similar development of the sense.

Noun[edit]

րոպէ (ropē)

  1. second; instant, moment
  2. the world, the universe

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: րոպե (rope)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “րոպէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “րոպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy