սկաւառակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian سکوره (sokôra) and see it for more. Doublet of սկեւռին (skewṙin).

Noun

սկաւառակ (skawaṙak)

  1. saucer, plate
    Synonyms: ափսէ (apʿsē), պնակ (pnak), տաշտ (tašt), դաշխուրան (dašxuran), սկուտեղ (skuteł), գաւաթ (gawatʿ), ճաշակ (čašak), կոնք (konkʿ)
    • 5th century, Bible, Matthew 23.26:
      Փարիսեցի կոյր, սրբեա նախ զներքին բաժակին եւ զսկաւառակին, զի լինիցի եւ արտաքինն նոցա սուրբ։
      Pʿarisecʿi koyr, srbea nax znerkʿin bažakin ew zskawaṙakin, zi linicʿi ew artakʿinn nocʿa surb.
      Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  2. (figuratively) skull, cranium
    Synonym: գանգ (gang)
    • 1113 – 1140, Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi, Žamanakagrutʿiwn [Chronicle] :[1][2]
      Եւ անօրէն Փիլառտոսին հանեալ զսկաւառակ գլխոյն՝ արար գաւաթ եւ նովաւ ըմպէր գինի
      Ew anōrēn Pʿilaṙtosin haneal zskawaṙak glxoyn, arar gawatʿ ew novaw əmpēr gini
      • Translation by Ara Dostourian
        His head was brought to Philaretus, and this impious man, taking the skull, made it into a cup which he used for drinking wine

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: սկավառակ (skavaṙak)

References

  1. Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi (1898), Mambrē vard. Mēlikʿ-Adamean and Nersēs sark. Tēr Mikʿayēlean, editors, Žamanakagrutʿiwn [Chronicle], 2nd edition, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 209
  2. Dostourian, Ara Edmond (1993) Armenia and the Crusades: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, page 139

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սկաւառակ”, 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 227ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սկաւառակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Yarutʿiwn (1821) Bacʿatrutʿiwn čʿapʿucʿ ew kšṙocʿ naxneacʿ [Explanation of the Measures and Weights of the Ancients] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 165–166
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 237
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), սկաւառակ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սկաւառակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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