նպատակ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian նպատակ (npatak).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

նպատակ (npatak)

  1. aim (point intended to be hit)
  2. aim (intention or purpose)
    նպատակին հասնելnpatakin hasnelto accomplish a purpose

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from an Iranian word of the form *nipātaka-. Compare Sanskrit निपात (nipāta, descent, falling). For the constituents compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní (down) and Ossetian фат (fat), Yagnobi pot (arrow).[1][2][3] First etymologized by de Lagarde.[4]

Noun[edit]

նպատակ (npatak)

  1. aim (point intended to be hit)
    կէտ նպատակիkēt npatakiaim
    ուղղել ի նպատակնułłel i npataknto take aim at, to aim, to level at, to point
    հարկանել ի նպատակնharkanel i npataknto hit the mark
  2. aim (intention or purpose)
    հարկանել ի նպատակնharkanel i npataknto attain one's end
  3. model, prototype
  4. prize
    առնուլ կամ յափշտակել զնպատակնaṙnul kam yapʻštakel znpataknto win the prize

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: նպատակ (npatak)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 261b
  2. ^ 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 249
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նպատակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 574–575
  4. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 66

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նպատակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 475a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նպատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 453c
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 207
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նպատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 538b