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Etymology edit

From Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr, aloe).

Kʿaǰuni has սաբր (sabr, Cimolian earth),[1][2] but it should be identified with սապռ (sapṙ, aloe).[3]

Noun edit

սապռ (sapṙ)

  1. aloe

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ), սապր (sapr, bitter substance spread on nipples to wean off babies) (dialectal)

References edit

  1. ^ Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1893) “սաբր”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ. Hamaṙōt baṙgirkʻ gitutʻeancʻ ew aruesticʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ hayerēn-gałłieren [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres. Concise Armenian–French Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume III (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 213a
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սապռ”, 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, page 152a
  3. ^ Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “սաբր”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 167a

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սապռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սապռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 276
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “սապռ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 686–687
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սապռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “սապռ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan