Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian առասպել (aṙaspel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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առասպել (aṙaspel)

  1. myth
  2. legend

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the preposition առ (aṙ, by, at, near) +‎ -ա- (-a-) + Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (to tell); cognate with Proto-Germanic *spellą.[1][2][3] The word is structurally, semantically and etymologically identical with Old English bi-spell.[3]

Noun

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առասպել (aṙaspel)

  1. mythical story, fiction, tale; mythical untrue/unbelievable/unsensical story; fairy tale
  2. infamous subject for public talkings
  3. fable
  4. proverb
  5. riddle

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: առասպել (aṙaspel)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առասպել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. 3.0 3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙaspel”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 104

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առասպել”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առասպել”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy