Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարպ (čarp).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian clp (čarb) and see it for more.

Noun

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ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat
    օծանել ճարպովōcanel čarpovto grease
    բառնալ զճարպնbaṙnal zčarpnto skim; to scour, clean or purify from grease
    ճարպ ցորենոյčarp cʻorenoythe finest flour of the finest wheat
    ճարպոյ զակամբ գալčarpoy zakamb galto become blind with rage
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 21.24:[1]
      Փոր նորա լի է ճարպով․ ուղիղ նորա շճեսցէ։
      Pʻor nora li ē čarpov; ułił nora ščescʻē.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        His inwards are filled with fat; his marrow will become liquified.
  2. fatness
  3. olive oil
    Synonym: ձէթ (jētʻ)

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Adjective

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ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ճարպ (čarp)

References

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  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 156

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճարպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 192b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ճարպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 174—175
  • 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, page 893
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճարպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 440a