լամպար

• լամբար (lambar), ղամպար (ġampar), ղամբար (ġambar)

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լամպար (lampar).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /lɑmˈpɑɾ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /lɑmˈbɑɾ/,

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լամպար • (lampar) (dated)

1. lamp, torch

• լամբար (lambar), ղամպար (łampar), ղամբար (łambar)

From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás), genitive λαμπάδος (lampádos). In light of the -ր (-r), the borrowing must have happened via Northwestern Iranian, as in կաղապար (kałapar).^[1][2][3] Doublet of լամբատք (lambatkʻ).

լամպար • (lampar)

1. lamp, torch

• լապտեր (lapter)

• → Armenian: լամպար (lampar), լամբար (lambar), ղամպար (ġampar), ղամբար (ġambar) (learned)
• → Old Georgian: ლამპარი (lamṗari)
  • Georgian: ლამპარი (lamṗari)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լամբար”, 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, pages 262–263
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ղամբար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լամբար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 351
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 884
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ղամբար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy