Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian կապ (kap).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կապ (kap)

  1. tie, bond
  2. foot rope for binding animals
  3. connection, relation
  4. communication
  5. liaison
  6. (technical) coupling
  7. (grammar) preposition, postposition

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: gab, gap (rope)
  • Northern Kurdish: kap (rope)

Further reading

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  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 328, page 75
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “կապ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 41ab

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.[1] Probably an Iranian borrowing,[2] perhaps from an Iranian root meaning "to contain" underlying Persian کفش (kafš, shoe).[3][4]

Noun

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կապ (kap)

  1. bond, tie

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կապ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 519–521
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 16, 887
  3. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Yidgha-Munji, Sanglechi-Ishkashmi and Wakhi) (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., page 380a
  4. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1955) “Indo-Iranian Studies III”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, pages 150–151

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1053a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 327a