պայքար

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պայքար (paykʿar).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pɑjˈkʰɑɾ]
  • (file)

Noun

պայքար (paykʿar)

  1. struggle, strife

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փայքար (pʿaykʿar), փայկար (pʿaykar) post-classical

Etymology

Borrowing from late Middle Persian *paykār, whence Persian پیکار (peykâr).[1]

Noun

պայքար (paykʿar)

  1. struggle, strife; legal dispute
    գալ, մատչիլ, մտանել ի պայքար ընդ ումեքgal, matčʿil, mtanel i paykʿar ənd umekʿto open a question or controversy, to debate, to dispute

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • պայքարեմ (paykʿarem)
  • պայքարիմ (paykʿarim)
  • փայքարիմ (pʿaykʿarim)
  • փակարիմ (pʿakarim)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պայքար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 19–20

Further reading

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