կաշառ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown.[1][2][3]

Noun[edit]

կաշառ (kašaṙ)

  1. bribe [from 5th c.]
    կաշառօքkašaṙōkʻby force of bribery, through corruption
    կաշառ խթել, տալkašaṙ xtʻel, talto bribe, to corrupt, to grease the palm; to suborn
    կաշառս առնուլkašaṙs aṙnulto take bribes

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կաշառք (kašaṙkʻ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կաշառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 517b
  2. ^ 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 960
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կաշառ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 383a

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