պապ

See also: Պապ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian պապ (pap).

Noun

պապ • (pap)

  1. grandfather
    պապի ծոցն ուղարկելpapi cocʻn uġarkelto kill
    պապիս տարիքն էpapis tarikʻn ēvery old, elderly
    պապիս տարվա բաներpapis tarva banervery old, ancient
  2. (chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor
  3. (colloquial) father, dad
  4. a form of address for a familiar elderly man, usually following the person's name
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պապ (pap).

Noun

պապ • (pap)

  1. pope
    Հռոմի պապHṙomi papthe pope (of Rome)
Declension
Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *pāp; compare Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 (pʾpky /⁠pāpak⁠/, father), Persian باب (bâb), بابا (bâbâ, father).

Noun

պապ • (pap)

  1. grandfather
Declension
Derived terms
  • պապենի (papeni)

Etymology 2

From Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas), from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

Alternative forms

  • պապայ (papay), պապիոս (papios)

Noun

պապ • (pap)

  1. patriarch (of Alexandria)
  2. pope (of Rome)
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: պապ (pap)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պապ”, 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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