կապէնք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *kāpēn + (-kʿ); compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾp̄yn' /kābēn/), Persian کابین (kâbin), کابن (kâben), کاوین (kâvin, marriage-portion, dowry).

Noun

կապէնք (kapēnkʿ) pl

  1. price of prostitution

Declension

Derived terms

  • կրկնակապէն (krknakapēn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կապենք (kapenkʿ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կապէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 524b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կապէնք”, 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 165
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կապէնք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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