Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հպարտ (hpart).

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Adjective edit

հպարտ (hpart) (superlative ամենահպարտ)

  1. proud
    ես հպարտ եմ իմ երկրովes hpart em im erkrovI am proud of my country

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Likely an Iranian borrowing, from a compound prefixed with the Iranian etymon of հ- (h-) and a word related to նպերտ (npert). Note also պարծիմ (parcim, to boast).

Noun edit

հպարտ (hpart)

  1. proud, arrogant, boastful

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հպարտ (hpart)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հպարտ”, 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) “հպարտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society[1], volume 55, number 1, pages 94–95
  • 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 892
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հպարտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy