քապար

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms
  • քապարայ (kʻaparay)

Etymology

From Persian کبر (kabar, “caper”). Doublet of կապպար (kappar) and կապար (kapar). See also կապարասի (kaparasi).

Noun

քապար • (kʻapar)

  1. caper, Capparis
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[1]
      աւաշ լաթուս (var. աւալշ լաթուս, աւաշ լաթուռ, այլաթուս) = քապար (var. կապարասի)
      awaš latʻus (var. awalš latʻus, awaš latʻuṙ, aylatʻus) = kʻapar (var. kaparasi)
      ثَمَرَة الْأَصَف (ṯamara(t) al-ʔaṣaf, “caperberry”) (?) = caper

Derived terms
  • քապարխոտ (kʻaparxot)
  • քապրենի (kʻapreni)
  • քապրցախ (kʻaprcʻax)

References
  1. Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 27, pages 31–32

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 523ab
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “քապար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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