պայծառ

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See also: Պայծառ

Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian պայծառ (paycaṙ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

պայծառ (paycaṙ) (superlative ամենապայծառ)

  1. bright, radiant, lustrous
  2. clear, limpid, lucid
  3. (figuratively) clean, pure, honest (of the mind)
  4. happy, joyful, gleeful
  5. glowing, fiery

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

պայծառ (paycaṙ)

  1. brightly, radiantly; happily, joyfully

Related terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Adjective[edit]

պայծառ (paycaṙ)

  1. clear, limpid, pure; clear, serene, clean
  2. gay
  3. splendid, sparkling, brilliant, luminous, shining; bright, polished, clean
    ի հանդերձս պայծառսi handerjs paycaṙsarrayed in gorgeous apparel
  4. distinct, evident, plain
  5. (figuratively) illustrious, glorious, farfamed, renowned, celebrated

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: պայծառ (paycaṙ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պայծառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պայծառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պայծառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press