Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian պաշար (pašar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պաշար (pašar)

  1. provisions, supplies
  2. stock, supply, reserve
  3. resource
    բնական պաշարներbnakan pašarnernatural resources
  4. surplus, excess
  5. (figuratively) wealth (as in "inner wealth")

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Sogdian [script needed] (pyšʾʾβr), [script needed] (pšʾβr), [script needed] (pšʾ(ʾ)βr /⁠pišāβar⁠/, provisions, supplies). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pasča-ā-bara- (the thing delivered, provisions).

Noun edit

պաշար (pašar)

  1. provisions, supplies

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պաշար (pašar)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պաշար”, 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 22–23
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պաշար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 901
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պաշար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy