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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps an ancient borrowing from Ancient Greek ϝέπος (wépos), the older form of ἔπος (épos).
Alternatively, according to Bailey, an Iranian borrowing, going back to Old Iranian *waipa- (“inspired song”), which later acquired the meaning “imaginative enunciation, fable” → “narrative, story”. In this case cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬟𐬭𐬀 (vifra, “an epithet of the navigator Pāurva”) and Sanskrit विप्र (vipra, “trembling, excited, inspired; poet, singer”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to swing, shake, turn around”).
Noun
վէպ • (vēp)
- story, myth, epic, legend, tale
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վէպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 104 of 102–105
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վէպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Benveniste, Émile (1945) “Études iraniennes”, in Transactions of the Philological Society (in French), volume 44, number 1, →DOI, page 74f
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վէպ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 217
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վէպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy