Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian գաղափար (gałapʻar). Doublet of կաղապար (kałapar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գաղափար (gaġapʻar)

  1. idea

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion), καλαπόδιον (kalapódion), via an Iranian language. Doublet of կաղապար (kałapar). The phonetic relationship with the latter is unexplained.

Noun edit

գաղափար (gałapʻar)

  1. model, form, pattern
    Synonym: կաղապար (kałapar)
  2. idea

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գաղափար (gaġapʻar)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գաղափար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաղափար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “գաղափար”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 163
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղափար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy