պապ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑp/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /bɑb/,

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From Old Armenian պապ (pap).

պապ • (pap)

1. grandfather

   պապի ծոցն ուղարկել ― papi cocʻn uġarkel ― to kill

   պապիս տարիքն է ― papis tarikʻn ē ― very old, elderly

   պապիս տարվա բաներ ― papis tarva baner ― very old, ancient

2. (chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor
3. (colloquial) father, dad
4. a form of address for a familiar elderly man, usually following the person's name

• պապական (papakan)
• պապիկ (papik)

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պապ (pap).

պապ • (pap)

1. pope

   Հռոմի պապ ― Hṙomi pap ― the pope (of Rome)

From Middle Persian *pāp; compare Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 (pʾpky /⁠pāpak⁠/, “father”), Persian باب (bâb), بابا (bâbâ, “father”).

պապ • (pap)

1. grandfather

• պապենի (papeni)

• Պապ (Pap)

From Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas), from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

• պապայ (papay), պապիոս (papios)

պապ • (pap)

1. patriarch (of Alexandria)
2. pope (of Rome)

• → Armenian: պապ (pap)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պապ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press