Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian առապար (aṙapar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

առապար (aṙapar)

  1. craggy place

Declension edit

Adjective edit

առապար (aṙapar) (superlative ամենաառապար)

  1. stony, rugged, craggy

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from the preposition առ (aṙ, at, by, in front) and the independently unattested root *պար (*par, foot), from Parthian 𐫛𐫀𐫅 (pāδ, foot). For a similar formation compare խոչընդոտն (xočʻəndotn).

Noun edit

առապար (aṙapar)

  1. craggy place

Declension edit

Adjective edit

առապար (aṙapar)

  1. stony, rugged, craggy

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առապար (aṙapar), ապար (apar)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առապար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առապար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙapar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 103