փաղփ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian փաղփ (pʻałpʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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փաղփ (pʻaġpʻ)

  1. (archaic) sheen, lustre

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from փաղփաղիմ (pʻałpʻałim, to shine), փաղփաղուն (pʻałpʻałun, shiny) and other words composed by reduplication of *փաղ- (*pʻał-).

Noun

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փաղփ (pʻałpʻ)

  1. sheen, refulgence, lustre

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: փաղփ (pʻaġpʻ) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 476b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փաղփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փաղփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy