Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դիպակ (dipak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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դիպակ (dipak)

  1. brocade
    Synonym: (dialectal) զարբաբ (zarbab)

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dypʾk' /⁠dēbāg⁠/, brocade), Persian دیبا (dêbâ) and see the latter for more.

Noun

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դիպակ (dipak)

  1. brocade

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: դիպակ (dipak)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիպակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 670ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիպակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 143
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիպակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy