ապսպարեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The older form is ապասպարեմ (apasparem), borrowed from Iranian: compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (ʾbyspʾr- /⁠abespār-⁠/, to deliver up, hand over, entrust), Middle Persian ʾp̄spwltn' (abespurdan), present stem ʾp̄spʾl- (abespār-, to commit, entrust, consign), and see there for more.[1][2]

Verb[edit]

ապսպարեմ (apsparem)

  1. (transitive) to deliver up, hand over, commit, entrust, ensign

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 106
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ապսպարել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 241–242

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