Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian շապիկ (šapik).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

շապիկ (šapik)

  1. shirt
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 45:[1]
      շապիք․ քամիժայ
      šapikʻ; kʻamižay
      շապիք (šapikʻ) = camicia
  2. sheath, case, covering, hood, wrapper

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 236

Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *šapīk. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (špyk' /⁠šabīg⁠/, undershirt), Persian شبی (šabi, nightly; nightshirt) and Southern Kurdish شەۊ (şeẅ, shirt). These derive from the word for “night”: see Persian شب (šab, night). Thus, the word originally meant “nightshirt”.

Noun edit

շապիկ (šapik)

  1. shirt
    շապիկ քահանայականšapik kʻahanayakanalb
    շապիկ սարկաւագաց, դպրացšapik sarkawagacʻ, dpracʻrochet, surplice; dalmatic, tunic
    շապիկ կանանցšapik kanancʻchemise, shift
  2. coat, overcoat

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շապիկ (šapik)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: şapik

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շապիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շապիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շապիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18