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Armenian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Armenian պահ (pah).
Noun
պահ • (pah)
- moment, instant
- նա մի պահ կանգ առավ ― na mi pah kang aṙav ― he stopped for a moment
- time (in general)
- guarding, watching, keeping
- պահ մտնել ― pah mtnel ― to hide, to cover, to take cover
- պահ տալ ― pah tal ― to give up, to give for keeping
Declension
Etymology 2
Interjection
պա՜հ • (pa!h)
- oh! (expression of surprise or disbelief)
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
The older form is պարհ (parh), a Northwestern Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian 𐫛𐫀𐫍𐫡 (pʾhr /pāhr/, “watch-post”), (pʾs /pās/, “guard, watch”), Persian پاس (pâs, “guard, watch”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *páHθrah, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard”).
Noun
պահ • (pah)
- watch, guard
- hour, moment, time
1612 – 1614,
Yakob Tʿoxatʿecʿi :
- Ոհ թէ այն պահն, որ զքեզ տեսնէի,
Զաջդ տիրաշօշափ ես համբուրէի,
Ժամ մի դէմ երեսիդ աչօք հայէի,
Ապա զհոգիս մարմնոյս իմ աւանդէի։- Oh tʻē ayn pahn, or zkʻez tesnēi,
Zaǰd tirašōšapʻ es hamburēi,
Žam mi dēm eresid ačʻōkʻ hayēi,
Apa zhogis marmnoys im awandēi.
- Translation by S. Peter Cowe
- O for the moment when I'd see you,
Kiss your right hand that touched the Lord,
That for a time I'd gaze upon your face with my eyes,
Then would I yield up the ghost from my body.
Declension
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References
- ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, 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 61
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- 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 900
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy