Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կաղապար (kałapar). Doublet of գաղափար (gaġapʻar), կաղպար (kaġpar), and ղալիբ (ġalib).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կաղապար (kaġapar)

  1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղալիբ (ġalib)
  2. template
  3. pattern

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion), καλαπόδιον (kalapódion). In light of (-r), the borrowing must have happened via Northwestern Iranian, as with Old Armenian լամպար (lampar). Note that intervocalic Parthian -δ- yields Armenian ր (r), as in վրան (vran). Doublet of գաղափար (gałapʻar).

Noun edit

կաղապար (kałapar)

  1. model, form, pattern
    կաղապար արկանելkałapar arkanelto cite as example

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: կաղպար (kaġpar)
  • Armenian: կաղապար (kaġapar)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաղապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կաղապար”, 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, pages 163, 354
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաղապար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy