փրփրեմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem).

Pronunciation

Noun

փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem)

  1. purslane, Portulaca; especially the common purslane, Portulaca oleracea
    Synonym: դանդուռ (danduṙ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 61:[1]
      փերփերան․ փուռցէլանայ
      pʿerpʿeran; pʿuṙcʿēlanay
      փերփերան (pʿerpʿeran) = porcellana

Declension

Alternative forms

  • փերփերան (pʿerpʿeran) New Julfa

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 (1979), փրփրեմ”, 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 535–536

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փերփեր (pʿerpʿer), փրփրերան (pʿrpʿreran), փերփերան (pʿerpʿeran), փարփար (pʿarpʿar), փառփառ (pʿaṙpʿaṙ)

Etymology

From Persian پرپرم (parparam, purslane). For the ultimate origin see Arabic فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn).

Noun

փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem)

  1. common purslane, Portulaca oleracea

Descendants

  • Armenian: փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem)

Further reading

Old Armenian

Etymology

From փրփուր (pʿrpʿur).

Verb

փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem)

  1. (transitive) to cause to froth, to cover with foam
    փրփրել առ կատաղութեանpʿrpʿrel aṙ katałutʿeanto foam with rage, to fume with anger
  2. (intransitive) Alternative form of փրփրամ (pʿrpʿram)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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