կաշառ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.[1][2][3]

Noun

կաշառ (kašaṙ)

  1. bribe [from 5th c.]
    կաշառօքkašaṙōkʿby force of bribery, through corruption
    կաշառ խթել, տալkašaṙ xtʿel, talto bribe, to corrupt, to grease the palm; to suborn
    կաշառս առնուլkašaṙs aṙnulto take bribes

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References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կաշառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 517b
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 960
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), կաշառ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 383a

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