վարշամակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վարշամակ (varšamak).

Pronunciation

Noun

վարշամակ (varšamak)

  1. (archaic) handkerchief; towel, napkin
  2. (archaic) headband, headcover, veil

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian, from Old Iranian *varsayāmaka- (literally hair-holder), compounded from *varsa- (hair), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárćas (hair), and a participle of *yām- (to hold), whence Persian جامه (jâma). The compound survives in Persian باشامه (bâšâma). Akin to Old Georgian ვარშამაგი (varšamagi), Aghwan 𐕛𐔰𐔽𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕄 (vaˁamaḳ), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

վարշամակ (varšamak)

  1. handkerchief; towel, napkin, linen
  2. headband, headcover, veil

Declension

Derived terms

  • վարշամակապատ (varšamakapat)
  • վարշամակեայ (varšamakeay)

Descendants

  • Armenian: վարշամակ (varšamak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), վարշամակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), վարշամակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 28
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վարշամակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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