վարշամակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վարշամակ (varšamak).

Pronunciation

Noun

վարշամակ • (varšamak)

  1. (archaic) handkerchief; towel, napkin
  2. (archaic) headband, headcover, veil

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian, from Old Iranian *varsayāmaka- (literally “hair-holder”), compounded from *varsa- (“hair”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas (“hair”), and a participle of *yām- (“to hold”), whence Persian جامه (jâma). The compound survives in Persian باشامه (bâšâma). Akin to Old Georgian ვარშამაგი (varšamagi), Aghwan 𐕛𐔰𐔽𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕄 (vaˁamaḳ), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

վարշամակ • (varšamak)

  1. handkerchief; towel, napkin, linen
  2. headband, headcover, veil

Declension

Derived terms

  • վարշամակապատ (varšamakapat)
  • վարշամակեայ (varšamakeay)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: վարշամակ (varšamak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վարշամակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վարշամակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 28
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վարշամակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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