Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian հապ (hap), from Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb). In some dialects mediated by Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հաբ (hab)

  1. pill

Usage notes edit

In colloquial speech Russian табле́тка (tablétka) is often used instead.

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References edit

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “հաբ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 7b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “հապ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 409a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “հապ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 208