Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian պաշտպան (paštpan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պաշտպան (paštpan)

  1. protector, defender, guard
  2. (soccer) defender

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing, from an unidentified dialect differing from both Middle Persian and Parthian in showing an output -ար- (-ar-) from Proto-Iranian *r̥. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (pwštykpʾn' /⁠puštībān⁠/, supporter, bodyguard), Persian پشتیبان (poštibân, prop; whatever is leant upon, trusted to), پشتیوان (poštivân, bar, prop). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pr̥šti-pāna-. For the constituents see Proto-Iranian *pr̥štáh and -պան (-pan). Doublet of փուշտիպան (pʻuštipan). The later sense "servant" developed under the influence of պաշտեմ (paštem).[1][2]

Noun edit

պաշտպան (paštpan)

  1. protector, defender
    պաշտպան սուրբpaštpan surbpatron saint, patron
    պաշտպան դատիpaštpan datiadvocate, attorney
    պաշտպան կալ, լինել ումեքpaštpan kal, linel umekʻto defend, to protect, to assist
  2. (post-Classical) servant

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պաշտպան (paštpan)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 221
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պաշտպան”, 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 24–25

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պաշտպան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պաշտպան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy