աճպարար

Armenian

Աճպարար (1)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian աճպարար (ačparar), from Arabic عَجَب (ʕajab) + Old Armenian առնեմ (aṙnem). The Eastern Armenian form is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

Noun

աճպարար • (ačparar)

  1. magician, illusionist, conjurer
    Synonym: (colloquial) ֆոկուսնիկ (fokusnik)
    Բրիտանացի աճպարարը սավառնել է ավտոբուսի կողքով։Britanacʻi ačpararə savaṙnel ē avtobusi koġkʻov.The British magician levitated on the side of a bus.
  2. (figuratively) trickster, swindler, crook

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • աճպարար”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969, page 47
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աճպարար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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