դարպաս

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • դարբաս (darbas) proscribed

Etymology

From Middle Armenian դարպաս (darpas), from Old Armenian դարպաս (darpas). Doublet of դա՛րբազ (dárbaz) and դարվազ (darvaz).

Pronunciation

Noun

դարպաս (darpas)

  1. gate
  2. (sports) goal
  3. (dated) palace
  4. (dialectal) residence of a prelate; primacy
    Synonyms: առաջնորդարան (aṙaǰnordaran), վեհարան (veharan)
  5. (dialectal) gift given to a monastery

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlpʾs /darbās/), whence Georgian დარბაზი (darbazi). Further compare Persian دروازه (darvâze). The compound դարպասպան (darpaspan) is wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Persian درواز بان (darvâzbân).

Noun

դարպաս (darpas)

  1. (post-Classical) palace, royal house, court
    Synonyms: դուռն արքունի (duṙn arkʿuni), պալատն (palatn), ապարանք (aparankʿ)
    դարապաս առնելdarapas aṙnelto make preparations for receiving a dignitary

Declension

Derived terms

  • դարպասեցի (darpasecʿi)
  • դարպասամուտ (darpasamut)
  • դարպասպան (darpaspan)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: դարպաս (darpas, palace; court; royal treasury)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), դարապաս”, 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, pages 634–635
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դարապաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 137
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), դարապաս”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), դարպաս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), դարպաս”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 160–161
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), դարապաս”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 159
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), դարպաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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