Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պայքար (paykʻar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պայքար (paykʻar)

  1. struggle, strife

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from late Middle Persian *paykār, whence Persian پیکار (peykâr).[1]

Noun edit

պայքար (paykʻar)

  1. struggle, strife; legal dispute
    գալ, մատչիլ, մտանել ի պայքար ընդ ումեքgal, matčʻil, mtanel i paykʻar ənd umekʻto open a question or controversy, to debate, to dispute

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պայքար (paykʻar)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պայքար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 19–20

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