փրփրեմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem).

Pronunciation

Noun

փրփրեմ • (pʿrpʿrem)

  1. purslane, Portulaca; especially the common purslane, Portulaca oleracea
    Synonym: դանդուռ (danduṙ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 61:[1]
      փերփերան․ փուռցէլանայ
      pʿerpʿeran; pʿuṙcʿēlanay
      փերփերան (pʿerpʿeran) = porcellana

Declension

Alternative forms

  • փերփերան (pʿerpʿeran) New Julfa

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 246

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փրփրեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 535–536

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փերփեր (pʿerpʿer), փրփրերան (pʿrpʿreran), փերփերան (pʿerpʿeran), փարփար (pʿarpʿar), փառփառ (pʿaṙpʿaṙ)

Etymology

From Persian پرپرم (parparam, purslane). For the ultimate origin see Arabic فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn).

Noun

փրփրեմ • (pʿrpʿrem)

  1. common purslane, Portulaca oleracea

Descendants

  • Armenian: փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem)

Further reading

Old Armenian

Etymology

From փրփուր (pʿrpʿur).

Verb

փրփրեմ • (pʿrpʿrem)

  1. (transitive) to cause to froth, to cover with foam
    փրփրել առ կատաղութեանpʿrpʿrel aṙ katałutʿeanto foam with rage, to fume with anger
  2. (intransitive) Alternative form of փրփրամ (pʿrpʿram)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), փրփրեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փրփրեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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