Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian պարսիկ (parsik).

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Noun edit

պարսիկ (parsik)

  1. Persian
  2. (colloquial) any Iranian

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian pʾlsyk' (pārsīg, Persian), Persian پارسی (pârsi).

Noun edit

պարսիկ (parsik)

  1. Persian

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Adjective edit

պարսիկ (parsik)

  1. Persian
    • 7th century, Sebēos, Patmutʿiwnʿ [History] Chapter 28:
      Եւ էր հրամանատար զաւրուն նորա պարսիկ ոմն իշխան՝ անուն Դատոյեան, հրամանաւ արքունի։
      Ew ēr hramanatar zawrun nora parsik omn išxan, anun Datoyean, hramanaw arkʻuni.
      • 1999 translation by Robert W. Thomson
        The commander of their force was a certain Persian prince named Datoyean, [appointed] by royal command.

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  • Armenian: պարսիկ (parsik)

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պարսիկ”, 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 456
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պարսիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy