պարապ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian պարապ (parap).

Pronunciation

Adjective

պարապ • (parap) (superlative ամենապարապ)

  1. idle
  2. empty

Declension

  • պարապություն (paraputʿyun)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably an Iranian borrowing, but the details are uncertain. Bailey explains as *parā- (“beyond”) +‎ *apah (“work”);[1] see Sanskrit अपस् (ápas) for the second part.

Noun

պարապ • (parap)

  1. leisure, rest from work
    պարապ առնուլ ― parap aṙnul ― to rest
    պարապ բերել, պարապ տալ, պարապ լինել ― parap berel, parap tal, parap linel ― to occupy oneself with something
  2. opportunity, convenient time

Declension

Adjective

պարապ • (parap)

  1. idle

Derived terms

  • անպարապ (anparap)
  • անպարապանամ (anparapanam)
  • անպարապանք (anparapankʿ)
  • անպարապեմ (anparapem)
  • անպարապիմ (anparapim)
  • անպարապութիւն (anparaputʿiwn)
  • պարապական (parapakan)
  • պարապանամ (parapanam)
  • պարապեմ (parapem)
  • պարապեցուցանեմ (parapecʿucʿanem)
  • պարապիմ (parapim)
  • պարապորդ (parapord)
  • պարապութիւն (paraputʿiwn)
  • պարապումն (parapumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պարապ (parap)

References

  1. Bailey, H. W. (1987), “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 459a of 459–465

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պարապ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 57ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պարապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Benveniste, Émile (1959) Études sur la langue Ossète (Collection linguistique publiée par la Société de Linguistique de Paris; 60) (in French), Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, explains from Iranian *pa- (a preverb) +‎ *rā̆pa-, relating the second part to Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬞-‎ (rap-, “procurer une occasion favorable”)
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “պարապ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 630a
  • 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 17
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պարապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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