Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian سکوره (sokôra) and see it for more. Doublet of սկեւռին (skewṙin).

Noun edit

սկաւառակ (skawaṙak)

  1. saucer, plate
    Synonyms: ափսէ (apʻsē), պնակ (pnak), տաշտ (tašt), դաշխուրան (dašxuran), սկուտեղ (skuteł), գաւաթ (gawatʻ), ճաշակ (čašak), կոնք (konkʻ)
    • 5th century, Bible, Matthew 23.26:
      Փարիսեցի կոյր, սրբեա նախ զներքին բաժակին եւ զսկաւառակին, զի լինիցի եւ արտաքինն նոցա սուրբ։
      Pʻarisecʻi koyr, srbea nax znerkʻin bažakin ew zskawaṙakin, zi linicʻi ew artakʻinn nocʻa surb.
      Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  2. (figuratively) skull, cranium
    Synonym: գանգ (gang)
    • 1113 – 1140, Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi, Žamanakagrutʿiwn [Chronicle] :[1][2]
      Եւ անօրէն Փիլառտոսին հանեալ զսկաւառակ գլխոյն՝ արար գաւաթ եւ նովաւ ըմպէր գինի
      Ew anōrēn Pʻilaṙtosin haneal zskawaṙak glxoyn, arar gawatʻ ew novaw əmpēr gini
      • Translation by Ara Dostourian
        His head was brought to Philaretus, and this impious man, taking the skull, made it into a cup which he used for drinking wine

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սկավառակ (skavaṙak)

References edit

  1. ^ Mattʻēos Uṙhayecʻi (1898) Mambrē vard. Mēlikʻ-Adamean and Nersēs sark. Tēr Mikʻayēlean, editors, Žamanakagrutʻiwn [Chronicle]‎[1], 2nd edition, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 209
  2. ^ Dostourian, Ara Edmond (1993) Armenia and the Crusades: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, page 139

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սկաւառակ”, 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, page 227ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սկաւառակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1821) Bacʻatrutʻiwn čʻapʻucʻ ew kšṙocʻ naxneacʻ [Explanation of the Measures and Weights of the Ancients] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 165–166
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 237
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “սկաւառակ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սկաւառակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy