Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տարփ (tarpʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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տարփ (tarpʻ)

  1. (poetic) ardent love, desire

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬄𐬟𐬯 (θrąfs, contentedness), Persian تلف (tolf, repletion from eating grapes), Sanskrit तृप्यति (tṛpyati, to become satisfied, be pleased or contented). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (to satisfy). Georgian ტურფა (ṭurpa), Elamite 𒋻𒉿𒅖 (/⁠Tarpiš⁠/), 𒋾𒅕𒉿𒅖 (/⁠Tirpiš⁠/), 𒌉𒉿𒅖 (/⁠Turpiš⁠/, given names) are also from Iranian.

Noun

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տարփ (tarpʻ)

  1. ardent love, desire

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: տարփ (tarpʻ) (learned)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տարփ”, 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 189ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տարփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տրիփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տռիփք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 548
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տարփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 328
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 63