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)

  1. hem at the neckline or the skirt of the dress
  2. ephod
    Synonyms: վակաս (vakas), ուսանոց (usanocʻ)
  3. (post-Classical) pocket

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: գրպան (grpan)

Further reading

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