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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *kāpēn + -ք (-kʻ); compare Middle Persian (kʾp̄yn' /kābēn/), Persian کابین (kâbin), کابن (kâben), کاوین (kâvin, “marriage-portion, dowry”).
Noun
կապէնք • (kapēnkʻ) pl
- price of prostitution
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կապէն”, 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 524b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կապէնք”, 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 165
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կապէնք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy