շպար

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շպար (špar).

Pronunciation

Noun

շպար • (špar)

  1. makeup
    Synonyms: դիմահարդարում (dimahardarum), (colloquial, nonstandard) մակիաժ (makiaž)
  2. (figuratively) mask, veil

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շպար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 542a
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “շպար”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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