փրփրեմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem).

Pronunciation

Noun

փրփրեմ • (pʻrpʻrem)

  1. purslane, Portulaca; especially the common purslane, Portulaca oleracea
    Synonym: դանդուռ (danduṙ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 61:[1]
      փերփերան․ փուռցէլանայ
      pʻerpʻeran; pʻuṙcʻēlanay
      փերփերան (pʻerpʻeran) = porcellana

Declension

Alternative forms

  • փերփերան (pʻerpʻeran) New Julfa

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 246

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փրփրեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 535–536

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փերփեր (pʻerpʻer), փրփրերան (pʻrpʻreran), փերփերան (pʻerpʻeran), փարփար (pʻarpʻar), փառփառ (pʻaṙpʻaṙ)

Etymology

From Persian پرپرم (parparam, purslane). For the ultimate origin see Arabic فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn).

Noun

փրփրեմ • (pʻrpʻrem)

  1. common purslane, Portulaca oleracea

Descendants

  • Armenian: փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem)

Further reading

Old Armenian

Etymology

From փրփուր (pʻrpʻur).

Verb

փրփրեմ • (pʻrpʻrem)

  1. (transitive) to cause to froth, to cover with foam
    փրփրել առ կատաղութեանpʻrpʻrel aṙ katałutʻeanto foam with rage, to fume with anger
  2. (intransitive) Alternative form of փրփրամ (pʻrpʻram)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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