Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փրփուր (pʻrpʻur); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փրփուր (pʻrpʻur)

  1. foam, spume
  2. froth
  3. suds, lather

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From *փիր-փուր (pʻir-pʻur), reduplication of *փիր (pʻir), from Proto-Indo-European *pher-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós).

Noun edit

փրփուր (pʻrpʻur)

  1. froth, foam, scum; slaver, drivel
    փրփուր օճառիpʻrpʻur ōčaṙisoap-lather
    փրփուր ի վեր բերելpʻrpʻur i ver berelto froth, to foam
    ի բաց առնուլ/բառնալ զփրփուրնi bacʻ aṙnul/baṙnal zpʻrpʻurnto skim, to scum, to despumate

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փրփուր (pʻrpʻur)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փրփուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փրփուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փրփուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press