գրապան
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գրապանակ (grapanak)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glywpʾn' /grīwbān/, “neck-guard, gorge”), Classical Persian گریبان (girībān, “collar, the opening or breast of a garment; pocket”). For the constituents see Proto-Indo-Iranian *griHwáH (“neck”) and Old Armenian -պան (-pan, “keeper, protector”).
Noun
գրապան • (grapan)
- hem at the neckline or the skirt of the dress
- ephod
- Synonyms: վակաս (vakas), ուսանոց (usanocʻ)
- (post-Classical) pocket
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | գրապան (grapan) | գրապանք (grapankʻ) |
| genitive | գրապանի (grapani) | գրապանաց (grapanacʻ) |
| dative | գրապանի (grapani) | գրապանաց (grapanacʻ) |
| accusative | գրապան (grapan) | գրապանս (grapans) |
| ablative | գրապանէ (grapanē) | գրապանաց (grapanacʻ) |
| instrumental | գրապանաւ (grapanaw) | գրապանաւք = գրապանօք (grapanawkʻ = grapanōkʻ) |
| locative | գրապանի (grapani) | գրապանս (grapans) |
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971), “գրապան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 602–603
- Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գրապան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 132
- Lagarde, Paul de (1866), Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 202
- Lagarde, Paul de (1877), Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 538, page 40
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “գրապան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy