պառաւ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *parrāw, from earlier *parnāw. Compare Persian پاراو (pârâv, old woman) and Classical Syriac ܦܪܢܘܫܐ (parnūšā, decrepit old man), an Iranian loanword.

Noun

պառաւ (paṙaw)

  1. old woman, beldam
  2. (as an adjective) old, aged

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: պառավ (paṙav)
  • Northern Kurdish: پاراو (paraw)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պառաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պառաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պառաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 33