ասուպ

Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2] Perhaps from Arabic أَشْهُب (ʾašhub), plural of شِهَاب (šihāb, meteor).[3] Compare Middle Armenian ասպ (asp, comet).[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ասուպ (asup)

  1. meteor, shooting star

Declension

Derived terms

  • ասուպագիտություն (asupagitutʿyun)
  • ասուպային (asupayin)
  • ասուպավոր (asupavor)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), ասուպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 270a
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ասուպ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 77–78
  3. Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), ասուպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 315a
  4. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), ասպ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 79b
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