Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վճար (včar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

վճար (včar)

  1. fee, payment

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wcʾl /⁠wizār⁠/, separation; explanation), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wcʾl-tn' /⁠wizārdan, wizār-⁠/, to separate; to explain, interpret; to perform, fulfil, redeem), Kurdish بِژاردن (bijardin, pay (debt, compensation, ransom, etc.)) and Persian گزاردن (gozârdan).

Noun edit

վճար (včar)

  1. payment, recompense
  2. end

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վճար (včar)
  • Middle Armenian: վիճար (vičar)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վճար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 248
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վճար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վճար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 250