ճարպ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարպ (čarp).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat

Declension

Derived terms

  • ճարպալի (čarpali)
  • ճարպակալել (čarpakalel)
  • ճարպոտ (čarpot)

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
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 21.24:[1]
      Փոր նորա լի է ճարպով․ ուղիղ նորա շճեսցէ։
      Pʿor nora li ē čarpov; ułił nora ščescʿē.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        His inwards are filled with fat; his marrow will become liquified.
  2. fatness
  3. olive oil
    Synonym: ձէթ (jētʿ)

Declension

Adjective

ճարպ (čarp)

  1. fat

Declension

Derived terms

  • ճարպապարարտ (čarpaparart)
  • ճարպաւոր (čarpawor)
  • ճարպաւորական (čarpaworakan)
  • ճարպովին (čarpovin)
  • ճարպութիւն (čarputʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճարպ (čarp)

References

  1. Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 156

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), ճարպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume 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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