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քապար

Middle Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian کبر (kabar, “caper”). Doublet of կապպար (kappar) and կապար (kapar). See also կապարասի (kaparasi).

Noun

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քապար • (kʻapar)

  1. caper, Capparis
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[1]
      աւաշ լաթուս (var. աւալշ լաթուս, աւաշ լաթուռ, այլաթուս) = քապար (var. կապարասի)
      awaš latʻus (var. awalš latʻus, awaš latʻuṙ, aylatʻus) = kʻapar (var. kaparasi)
      ثَمَرَة الْأَصَف (ṯamara(t) al-ʔaṣaf, “caperberry”) (?) = caper

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 27, pages 31–32

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 523ab
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “քապար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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