ժպիրհ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ժպիրհ (žpirh)

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ժպիրհ (žpirh) (superlative ամենաժպիրհ)

  1. insolent, impudent

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from Iranian *aži-piθrā (literally whose father is a snake). For the constituents compare Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, snake) and 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pitar, father), genitive 𐬞𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (piθrō).

Adjective[edit]

ժպիրհ (žpirh)

  1. insolent, impudent

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ժպիրհ (žpirh)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժպիրհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 234b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 631–632
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժպիրհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 840a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ժպիրհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 239b