հրապար

Borrowed from Parthian, composed of Proto-Iranian *fra- (“to, toward, forth”) and Parthian 𐫛𐫀𐫅 (pāδ, “foot”).

հրապար • (hrapar)

1. rope, tie

The word is a hapax legomenon.

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հրապար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հրապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙapar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 103