Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian թարփ (tʻarpʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թարփ (tʻarpʻ)

  1. large wicker fishing-basket, creel

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Related to Ancient Greek τάρπη (tárpē, large wicker basket) and with it inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tw(e)r-p- (to grab, enclose), from *twerH-; compare Lithuanian tverti (to seize, form), Russian твори́ть (tvorítʹ). Alternatively, the Armenian and Greek words are borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate source. For another possibly "Mediterranean" word from the same semantic sphere see ցանց (cʻancʻ).

Noun

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թարփ (tʻarpʻ)

  1. large wicker fishing-basket, creel
  2. framework of wooden bars, a wooden trellis-work

Descendants

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  • Armenian: թարփ (tʻarpʻ)
  • Georgian: თარფი (tarpi)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թարփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թարփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թարփ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 282