Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian պաշար (pašar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պաշար (pašar)

  1. provisions, supplies
  2. stock, supply, reserve
  3. resource
    բնական պաշարներbnakan pašarnernatural resources
  4. surplus, excess
  5. (figuratively) wealth (as in "inner wealth")

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Sogdian [script needed] (pyšʾʾβr), [script needed] (pšʾβr), [script needed] (pšʾ(ʾ)βr /⁠pišāβar⁠/, provisions, supplies). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pasča-ā-bara- (the thing delivered, provisions).

Noun

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պաշար (pašar)

  1. provisions, supplies

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պաշար (pašar)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պաշար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 22–23
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պաշար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 901
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պաշար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy