դիպահ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dypʾhl /⁠dēbahr⁠/, anger), Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫁𐫍𐫡𐫃 (dybhrg /⁠dēbahrag⁠/, banished).

Noun[edit]

դիպահ (dipah)

  1. temporary prison
    դնել ի դիպահոջdnel i dipahoǰto arrest someone; to make prisoner
    լինել ի դիպահոջlinel i dipahoǰto be arrested, detained or under arrest

Usage notes[edit]

Attested only in the locative ի դիպահոջ (i dipahoǰ), also spelled ի դիպահւոջ (i dipahwoǰ).

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “դիպահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիպահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 62b
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 877
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “դիպահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy