Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.

Noun

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ճպուռն (čpuṙn)

  1. dragonfly (insect)
    ճպուռն ճռճռայ, ճռնչէčpuṙn čṙčṙay, čṙnčʻēthe cicada chirrups

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ճպուռ (čpuṙ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճպուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճպուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press