Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լապտեր (lapter)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

լապտեր (lapter)

  1. lantern, lamp
    Synonym: (dialectal) ֆանար (fanar)
  2. flashlight
  3. headlight

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Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr).

Noun edit

լապտեր (lapter)

  1. lantern, lamp

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լապտեր (lapter)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լապտեր”, 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 266a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “լապտեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 879b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 351
  • 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 924
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լապտեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 253ab