պարիկ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պարիկ (parik). Doublet of փերի (pʻeri).

Pronunciation

Noun

պարիկ (parik)

  1. (archaic) a mythical being, spirit

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *parīk. Compare Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, witch), Persian پری (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (pairikā, sorceress, witch), Sogdian (pṛʿyk-, female demoness).

Noun

պարիկ (parik)

  1. a mythical being, spirit

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: պարիկ (parik) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պարիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “պարիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 635b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 228
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պարիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 61b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 541