տապեղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian տապեղ (tapeł); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

տապեղ (tapeł)

  1. (rare) backgammon

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • տապալի (tapali) (tapali)
  • տապաղի (tapałi) (tapałi)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάβλα (tábla), from Latin tabula (table, playing board). The correspondence of Greek β to Armenian p is irregular. See also նարտ (nart).

Noun

տապեղ (tapeł)

  1. backgammon board

Derived terms

  • տապեղուլունք (tapełulunkʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), տապեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), տապեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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