սպիտակ

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Armenian

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Etymology

From Old Armenian սպիտակ (spitak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

սպիտակ (spitak) (superlative ամենասպիտակ)

  1. white
    սպիտակ արջspitak arǰpolar bear

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Noun

սպիտակ (spitak)

  1. white

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Old Armenian

Etymology

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian spytk' (spēdag, white (of egg, etc.)), Persian سپیده (sapêda, whiteness; the white of the eye; the dawn; the white of an egg) / سفیده (sefide), Sogdian (ʾspʾytʾk, white), Old Georgian სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi, white) (from Iranian). See Persian سفید (safid, white) for more.

Adjective

սպիտակ (spitak)

  1. white
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ 22:
      Սպիտակ ցլուք եւ սպիտակ նոխազօք, սպիտակ ձիովք եւ սպիտակ ջորովք զհայրենեացն պաշտամանց տեղիսն մեծարէր։
      Spitak cʻlukʻ ew spitak noxazōkʻ, spitak jiovkʻ ew spitak ǰorovkʻ [] zhayreneacʻn paštamancʻ tełisn mecarēr.

Declension

Noun

սպիտակ (spitak)

  1. white
  2. (cosmetics) skin whitener
    • 5th century, Aphrahat, Zgōn 19:
      և սնգուրեցաւ յերփնաներկս, և լուսաւորեաց զճակատն սպիտակաւ
      [] ew sngurecʻaw yerpʻnanerks, ew lusaworeacʻ zčakatn spitakaw []
  3. a kind of silver coin

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Descendants

  • Armenian: սպիտակ (spitak)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպիտակ”, 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, pages 264–265
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սպիտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 728c
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 240
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպիտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 651b
  • Xačʻatryan, Lalik (2003) “սպիտակ”, in Grabari bacʻatrakan baṙaran (Jewabanoren tararžekʻ baṙer) [Explanatory Dictionary of Old Armenian (Morphologically Polysemantic Words)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Zangak-97, →ISBN, pages 326–327