Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ճառ (čaṙ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ճառ (čaṙ)

  1. speech, oration; harangue
    ճառ ասելčaṙ aselto make a speech
  2. tirade

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

Noun edit

ճառ (čaṙ)

  1. discourse, harangue, oration, sermon, allocution
    ճառ բարոյականčaṙ baroyakanhomily
    ճառ խրատականčaṙ xratakanparenesis
    ճառ արկանելčaṙ arkanelto deliver an oration or harabgue, to make a speech, to preach a sermon
    ի ճառ առնուլi čaṙ aṙnulto discourse, to speak, to talk; to write
    առ ճառն, ըստ ճառինaṙ čaṙn, əst čaṙinliterally, to the letter
    ճառ արկեալ խօսելčaṙ arkeal xōselto descant, to hold forth, to converse, to talk, to discourse, to spout, to speechify
  2. dissertation; history; treatise; narration, recital
    գրել զճառս պատմութեանց ուրուքgrel zčaṙs patmutʻeancʻ urukʻto write a biography

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ճառ (čaṙ)
  • Udi: чӏар (č̣ar)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press