քապար

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms
  • քապարայ (kʿaparay)

Etymology

From Persian کبر‎ (kabar, “caper”). Doublet of կապպար (kappar) and կապար (kapar). See also կապարասի (kaparasi).

Noun

քապար • (kʿapar)

  1. caper, Capparis
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[1]
      աւաշ լաթուս (var. աւալշ լաթուս, աւաշ լաթուռ, այլաթուս) = քապար (var. կապարասի)
      awaš latʿus (var. awalš latʿus, awaš latʿuṙ, aylatʿus) = kʿapar (var. kaparasi)
      ثَمَرَة الْأَصَف‎ (ṯamara(t) al-ʔaṣaf, “caperberry”) (?) = caper

Derived terms
  • քապարխոտ (kʿaparxot)
  • քապրենի (kʿapreni)
  • քապրցախ (kʿaprcʿax)

References
  1. Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), separate reprint of the Handes Amsorya 109 (1995), 380–457 edition, Vienna: Mechitarist Press, § 27, page 31–32

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կապար”, 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 523ab
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “քապար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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