Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գուպար (gupar).

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Particularly: “Likely an Iranian borrowing, analyzable as *wi- (apart, away) +‎ *par- (to fight, struggle). See Old Armenian հարկանեմ (harkanem) for more on the root.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գուպար (gupar)

  1. (archaic) fight, struggle, battle

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*par3”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294