Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian պաշար (pašar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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")

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

պաշար (pašar)

  1. provisions, supplies

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պաշար (pašar)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պաշար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 22–23
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պաշար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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, Matatʿeay (1879), “պաշար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy