կարապ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կարապ (karap)

Pronunciation

Noun

կարապ (karap)

  1. swan

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կարափ (karapʿ)

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Noun

կարապ (karap)

  1. swan
    • 5th century, Bible, Leviticus 11.18:
      եւ սոխակ, եւ հաւալուսն, եւ կարապ
      ew soxak, ew hawalusn, ew karap
      and the nightingale, and the pelican, and the swan

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարապ (karap)
  • Georgian: კარაპი (ḳaraṗi)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կարապ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 545ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), կարապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1064b
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 939
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կարապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 331b
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