պաշտպան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian պաշտպան (paštpan).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pɑʃtˈpɑn]
    • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [pɑʃˈpɑn]
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɑʃtˈbɑn]
    • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [bɑʃˈpɑn]
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Noun

պաշտպան (paštpan)

  1. protector, defender, guard
  2. (soccer) defender

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, from an unidentified dialect differing from both Middle Persian and Parthian in showing an output -ար- (-ar-) from Proto-Iranian *r̥. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (pwštykpʾn' /puštībān/, supporter, bodyguard), Persian پشتیبان (poštibân, prop; whatever is leant upon, trusted to), پشتیوان (poštivân, bar, prop). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pr̥šti-pāna-. For the constituents see Proto-Iranian *pr̥štáh and -պան (-pan). Doublet of փուշտիպան (pʿuštipan). The later sense "servant" developed under the influence of պաշտեմ (paštem).[1][2]

Noun

պաշտպան (paštpan)

  1. protector, defender
    պաշտպան սուրբpaštpan surbpatron saint, patron
    պաշտպան դատիpaštpan datiadvocate, attorney
    պաշտպան կալ, լինել ումեքpaštpan kal, linel umekʿto defend, to protect, to assist
  2. (post-Classical) servant

Declension

Derived terms

  • պաշտպանակք (paštpanakkʿ)
  • պաշտպանեմ (paštpanem)
  • պաշտպանողական (paštpanołakan)
  • պաշտպանողօրէն (paštpanołōrēn)
  • պաշտպանութիւն (paštpanutʿiwn)
  • պաշտպանումն (paštpanumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պաշտպան (paštpan)

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 221
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պաշտպան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 24–25

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), պաշտպան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պաշտպան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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