բասար

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms
  • պասար (pasar), փասար (pʿasar)

Etymology

From Arabic بَصَر‎ (baṣar).

Noun

բասար • (basar)

  1. sense, reason, wisdom
    • 16th century, Grigoris Ałtʿamarcʿi, Tałer [Poems] [1][2]:
      Թէ զիմ ըզգաստութիւնըս հարցանես դու,
      Չունիմ խելք ու բասար ՚ւ ոչ իմաստութիւն
      Tʿē zim əzgastutʿiwnəs harcʿanes du,
      Čʿunim xelkʿ u basar ’w očʿ imastutʿiwn
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        If you ask about my sobriety,
        I have neither sense, nor vision, nor wisdom.

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, page 78
  2. Avdalbegyan, Mayis (1963) Grigoris Ałtʿamarcʿi : XVI d. : Usumnasirutʿyun, kʿnnakan bnagrer ew canotʿagrutʿyunner [Grigoris Ałtʿamarcʿi : 16th c. : Study, critical text, and annotations] (Miǰnadaryan hay tałerguner; 6)‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 234

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բասար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 415a
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “բասար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 110b
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