վճար

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian վճար (včar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

վճար (včar)

  1. fee, payment

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wcʾl /⁠wizār⁠/, separation; explanation), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wcʾl-tn' /⁠wizārdan, wizār-⁠/, to separate; to explain, interpret; to perform, fulfil, redeem), Kurdish بِژاردن (bijardin, pay (debt, compensation, ransom, etc.)) and Persian گزاردن (gozârdan).

Noun[edit]

վճար (včar)

  1. payment, recompense
  2. end

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: վճար (včar)
  • Middle Armenian: վիճար (vičar)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վճար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 248
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վճար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վճար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 250