ճամփա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dialectal development of Old Armenian ճանապարհ (čanaparh). Compare especially Middle Armenian ճանպահ (čanpah).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճամփա • (čampʻa)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal, Eastern Armenian) road
    Synonym: ճանապարհ (čanaparh)
    ճամփա բանալ ― čampʻa banal ― to open a road, to give access
    ճամփա դնել ― čampʻa dnel ― to see off, to put on the road
    ճամփա բռնել ― čampʻa bṙnel ― to set forth, to hit the road
    ճամփա գնալ ― čampʻa gnal ― to leave, to depart
    ճամփա ելնել ― čampʻa elnel ― to set forth, to hit the road
    ճամփա ընկնել ― čampʻa ənknel ― to set forth, to travel
    ճամփա կտրել ― čampʻa ktrel ― to travel a certain distance
    ճամփա մաշել ― čampʻa mašel ― to travel back and forth many times
    ճամփեն ելած ― čampʻen elac ― astray, off course
    ճամփու դնել ― čampʻu dnel ― 1) to see off, to put on the road; 2) to depose, to remove from power or office
    ճամփան պահել ― čampʻan pahel ― to wait for someone’s arrival
    ճամփա տալ ― čampʻa tal ― to give way
    ճամփա սովորեցնել ― čampʻa sovorecʻnel ― to show a way out, to find a way

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճամբայ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 702b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճանապարհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 183
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