փանջարա

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian փանջարայ (pʿanǰaray), from Persian پنجره (panjere). In some dialects, from Ottoman Turkish پنجره (pencere).

Pronunciation

Noun

փանջարա (pʿanǰara) (dialectal)

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    Synonym: պատուհան (patuhan)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 60:[1]
      փէնճէրէ․ պալքօն
      pʿēnčērē; palkʿōn
      փէնճէրէ (pʿēnčērē) = balcòn
  2. (Karabakh) abatjour

Declension

Alternative forms

  • փա̈նջա̈րա̈ (pʿänǰärä), փէնջա̈րա̈ (pʿēnǰärä) dialectological notation
  • փենճիրե (pʿenčire), փենջերե (pʿenǰere), փենջարա (pʿenǰara)
  • փանջարայ (pʿanǰaray), փէնճէրէ (pʿēnčērē), փէնճիրէ (pʿēnčirē) traditional orthography spelling

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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, page 246

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), փէնճիրէ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), փանջարայ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), փանջարա”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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