առապար

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian առապար (aṙapar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

առապար (aṙapar)

  1. craggy place

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

առապար (aṙapar) (superlative ամենաառապար)

  1. stony, rugged, craggy

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from the preposition առ (aṙ, at, by, in front) and the independently unattested root *պար (*par, foot), from Parthian 𐫛𐫀𐫅 (pāδ, foot). For a similar formation compare խոչընդոտն (xočʻəndotn).

Noun[edit]

առապար (aṙapar)

  1. craggy place

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

առապար (aṙapar)

  1. stony, rugged, craggy

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: առապար (aṙapar), ապար (apar)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առապար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առապար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙapar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 103