պղպեղ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł). Doublet of բիբար (bibar).

Pronunciation

Noun

պղպեղ • (pġpeġ)

  1. pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae)
    Synonyms: տաքդեղ (takʻdeġ), բիբար (bibar)
  2. pepper (plant of the genus Capsicum)
    Synonyms: տաքդեղ (takʻdeġ), բիբար (bibar)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պղպիղ (płpił)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian. Compare Persian پلپل (pelpel) and the loanword Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili).

Noun

պղպեղ • (płpeł)

  1. pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae)

Derived terms

  • դարապղպեղ (darapłpeł)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պղպեղ (pġpeġ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պղպեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պղպեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 231
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պղպեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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