դպիր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դպիր (dpir).

Pronunciation

Noun

դպիր (dpir)

  1. (ecclesiastical) psalm-reader
  2. (historical) scribe
  3. (historical) scholar, learned man

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥 (dpywr /dibīr/).

Noun

դպիր (dpir)

  1. lecturer; scholar, one brought up at a seminary; transcriber; notary; scribe, copyist
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 778:[1]
      Նախ դիպեալ ի ճանապարհի երազացոյց երազահան պաշտաման Տրի դից, դպրի գիտութեան քրմաց, անուանեալ Դիւան գրչի Որմզդի, ուսման ճարտարութեան մեհեան
      Nax dipeal i čanaparhi erazacʿoycʿ erazahan paštaman Tri dicʿ, dpri gitutʿean kʿrmacʿ, anuaneal Diwan grčʿi Ormzdi, usman čartarutʿean mehean
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        On the road he first came across the shrine of the god Tir, the interpreter of dreams, the scribe of pagan learning, who was called the secretary of Ormizd, a temple of learned instruction.

Declension

Derived terms

  • անդպիր (andpir)
  • անդպրութիւն (andprutʿiwn)
  • ատենադպիր (atenadpir)
  • դիւանադպիր (diwanadpir)
  • դպրանոց (dpranocʿ)
  • դպրապետ (dprapet)
  • դպրոց (dprocʿ)
  • դպրոցական (dprocʿakan)
  • դպրոցակից (dprocʿakicʿ)
  • դպրոցատուն (dprocʿatun)
  • դպրութիւն (dprutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դպիր (dpir)

References

  1. Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 316–317

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), դպիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դպիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), դպիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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