կլափ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian կլափ (klapʿ), from Old Armenian կլափն (klapʿn).

Pronunciation

Noun

կլափ (klapʿ) (dialectal)

  1. jaw, jaws, mouth
    Synonyms: երախ (erax), ծնոտ (cnot), բերան (beran)

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կլափն (klapʿn).

Noun

կլափ (klapʿ)

  1. jaw
    • 1578 – 1632, Movsēs Tatʿewacʿi, Ołb i mahn Srapion Katʿołikosi [Lamentation of the death of Catholicos Srapion] :[1][2]
      Շրթունքդ լար, կլափդ փայլուն, զիա՞րդ ի հող մածար
      Šrtʿunkʿd lar, klapʿd pʿaylun, zia?rd i hoł macar
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        Your lips a thread, your jawline lustrous, how did you unite with the dust?

Descendants

  • Armenian: կլափ (klapʿ)

References

  1. Cowe, S. Peter (2019), “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, pages 73–74

Further reading

  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), կլափ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 366
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