դպիր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դպիր (dpir).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

դպիր (dpir)

  1. (ecclesiastical) psalm-reader
  2. (historical) scribe
  3. (historical) scholar, learned man

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥 (dpywr /⁠dibīr⁠/).

Noun[edit]

դպիր (dpir)

  1. lecturer; scholar, one brought up at a seminary; transcriber; notary; scribe, copyist
    • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 778:[1]
      Նախ դիպեալ ի ճանապարհի երազացոյց երազահան պաշտաման Տրի դից, դպրի գիտութեան քրմաց, անուանեալ Դիւան գրչի Որմզդի, ուսման ճարտարութեան մեհեան
      Nax dipeal i čanaparhi erazacʻoycʻ erazahan paštaman Tri dicʻ, dpri gitutʻean kʻrmacʻ, anuaneal Diwan grčʻi Ormzdi, usman čartarutʻean mehean
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        On the road he first came across the shrine of the god Tir, the interpreter of dreams, the scribe of pagan learning, who was called the secretary of Ormizd, a temple of learned instruction.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: դպիր (dpir)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians[1], Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 316–317

Further reading[edit]

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