ճարպ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարպ (čarp).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian clp (čarb) and see it for more.

Noun

ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat
    օծանել ճարպովōcanel čarpovto grease
    բառնալ զճարպնbaṙnal zčarpnto skim; to scour, clean or purify from grease
    ճարպ ցորենոյčarp cʿorenoythe finest flour of the finest wheat
    ճարպոյ զակամբ գալčarpoy zakamb galto become blind with rage
  2. fatness
  3. olive oil
    Synonym: ձէթ (jētʿ)

Declension

Adjective

ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), ճարպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 192b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), ճարպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 174—175
  • 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 893
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ճարպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 440a
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