Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian ռուպ (ṙup), ըռուպ (əṙup), ultimately from Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ), رُبْع (rubʕ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ռուբ (ṙub) (dialectal)

  1. one fourth, one quarter
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 53:[1]
      ռուպ․ քվարթօ
      ṙup; kʻvartʻō
      ռուպ (ṙup) = quarto

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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 241

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ռուպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “ռուբ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan