See also: Ապիրատ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապիրատ (apirat).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ապիրատ (apirat) (superlative ամենաապիրատ)

  1. (literary) wicked, iniquitous
  2. (literary) unfit, untalented, useless, lousy

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *apēδāt. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpyḏ dʾt' /⁠apē-dat⁠/, unlawful), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾpδʾty /⁠(ə)paδātē⁠/, illicit, unjust, unlawful), Persian بیدادی (bêdâdi, injustice). For the constituents compare ապ- (ap-) and դատ (dat).

Adjective edit

ապիրատ (apirat)

  1. wicked, iniquitous, rascally, roguish, flagitious
  2. (rare) banished, driven away

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ապիրատ (apirat)

References edit

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