պառաւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *parrāw, from earlier *parnāw. Compare Persian پاراو (pârâv, old woman) and Classical Syriac ܦܪܢܘܫܐ (parnūšā, decrepit old man), an Iranian loanword.

Noun

պառաւ (paṙaw)

  1. old woman, beldam
  2. (as an adjective) old, aged

Declension

Derived terms

  • պառաւական (paṙawakan)
  • պառաւիմ (paṙawim)
  • պառաւորդի (paṙawordi)
  • պառաւութիւն (paṙawutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պառաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), պառաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), պառաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 33
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