դարպաս

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • դարբաս (darbas) proscribed

Etymology

From Middle Armenian դարպաս (darpas), from Old Armenian դարպաս (darpas). Doublet of դա՛րբազ (dárbaz) and դարվազ (darvaz).

Pronunciation

Noun

դարպաս • (darpas)

  1. gate
  2. (sports) goal
  3. (dated) palace
  4. (dialectal) residence of a prelate; primacy
    Synonyms: առաջնորդարան (aṙaǰnordaran), վեհարան (veharan)
  5. (dialectal) gift given to a monastery

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlpʾs /⁠darbās⁠/), whence Georgian დარბაზი (darbazi). Further compare Persian دروازه (darvâze). The compound դարպասպան (darpaspan) is wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Persian درواز بان (darvâzbân).

Noun

դարպաս • (darpas)

  1. (post-Classical) palace, royal house, court
    Synonyms: դուռն արքունի (duṙn arkʿuni), պալատն (palatn), ապարանք (aparankʿ)
    դարապաս առնելdarapas aṙnelto make preparations for receiving a dignitary

Declension

Derived terms

  • դարպասեցի (darpasecʿi)
  • դարպասամուտ (darpasamut)
  • դարպասպան (darpaspan)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: դարպաս (darpas, palace; court; royal treasury)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), դարապաս”, 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, pages 634–635
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դարապաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 137
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), դարապաս”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), դարպաս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), դարպաս”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 160–161
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), դարապաս”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 159
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), դարպաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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