ապուռ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ապուր (apur)
Etymology
A Middle Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpwlyt), 𐫀𐫛𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫅 (ʾpwryd /appurēd/, “to steal, carry off”). Ačaṙean explains the Iranian formation as *apa- (“away”) + *par- (“to pass”), comparing Avestan 𐬥𐬌-𐬞𐬁𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ni-pāraiieiti, “to appropriate something”) and Sanskrit अपपरे (apa-pare, “to go off”).
Noun
ապուռ • (apuṙ)
- booty, plunder, spoils
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ապուռ (apuṙ) | ապուռք (apuṙkʿ) | |
| genitive | ապռի (apṙi) | ապռից (apṙicʿ) | |
| dative | ապռի (apṙi) | ապռից (apṙicʿ) | |
| accusative | ապուռ (apuṙ) | ապուռս (apuṙs) | |
| ablative | ապռէ (apṙē) | ապռից (apṙicʿ) | |
| instrumental | ապռիւ (apṙiw) | ապռիւք (apṙiwkʿ) | |
| locative | ապռի (apṙi) | ապուռս (apuṙs) | |
| the above declension is postulated by the Nor Baṙgirkʿ but is not attested | |||
Synonyms
- աւար (awar), կողոպուտ (kołoput)
Derived terms
- ապռեմ (apṙem)
References
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ապուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ապուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ապուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 238
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “appurdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10