Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫡 (ʿspwr /⁠ispurr⁠/, full, complete, perfect), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (spwlyk' /⁠spurrīg⁠/, entire, complete, perfect), Persian سپری (separi, complete), Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (aspərənah, completeness), Aramaic אָסְפַּרְנָא (/⁠ˀsprnˀ⁠/, in full) (from Iranian).

Noun

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սպառ (spaṙ) indeclinable

  1. end, completion
    ի սպառi spaṙentirely, completely, to the end

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: իսպառ (ispaṙ)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 239
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy