See also: Պարգև

Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian պարգև (pargew).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պարգև (pargew)

  1. award; prize; decoration

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Presumably borrowed from Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫃𐫀𐫇 (frgʾw /⁠fargāw, fraɣāw⁠⁠/, wealth, treasure),[1] from Proto-Iranian *fragaHwah (profit, benefit), however the expected form would be **փարգաւ (**pʻargaw) or **հրագաւ (**hragaw).

Noun

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պարգև (pargew)

  1. gift, present, donation, favour, grace (from a superior)
    Որ պարգև ի տեառնէ կամ ձիր ի բարեկամէ առնուցու, ոչ ինչ չարութիւն գործէ։
    Or pargew i teaṙnē kam jir i barekamē aṙnucʻu, očʻ inčʻ čʻarutʻiwn gorcē.
    Whoever takes a gift from his master or a present from a friend does nothing evil.
    ի պարգև, ի պարգևի, ի պարգևի մասինi pargew, i pargewi, i pargewi masinas a gift, as a present
    լնուլ զոք պարգևօքlnul zokʻ pargewōkʻto load with gifts
    ճոխացուցանել զոք պարգևօքčoxacʻucʻanel zokʻ pargewōkʻto load with kindness, to heap up benefits, presents, honours upon one, to overwhelm with gifts
    պարգևաւ առնել զոքpargewaw aṙnel zokʻto lavish gifts or benefits on, to gift
  2. remuneration; salary, pension
  3. award, prize

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պարգև (pargew)

References

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  1. ^ 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 904:probably somehow connected with MParth. frgʾw

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