ափ

Armenian

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian ափն (apʿn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ափ • (apʿ)

  1. coast, bank, shore
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian ափ (apʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ափ • (apʿ)

  1. palm (of the hand)
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s/Hapʰ- or *s/Hap-s- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō), ἁφή (haphḗ).[1][2][3] Perhaps also cognate with Sanskrit अप्सस् (apsas, “breast, forehead, front side”), Tocharian A āpsā (“minor limbs”) and Hittite [script needed] (ḫappeššar-, “limb, part of the body”).[3] See also հափափեմ (hapʿapʿem).

Noun

ափ • (apʿ)

  1. palm of the hand; handful
    ափ յափոյ ― apʿ yapʿoy ― in haste, on a sudden; impromptu, without preparation
    ափս զափի հարկանել ― apʿs zapʿi harkanel ― to clap the hands, to applaud

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ափ (apʿ)

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. 1 2 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 157–158

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ափ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ափ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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