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փարթամ

փարթամ

Armenian

Adjective

փարթամ (pʿartʿam) (superlative ամենափարթամ)

  1. thick, lush, luxuriant (of hair, vegetation, etc.)
  2. robust, strapping, healthy (of a person)
  3. splendid, magnificent, lavish
  4. affluent, renowned, famous
  5. (rare) abundant, plentiful

Declension

Adverb

փարթամ (pʿartʿam)

  1. luxuriantly

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian pltwm (fradom, first), Old Persian [script needed] (fratama), Sogdian prtmw, Avestan [script needed] (fratəma), Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, first). These are cognate with Russian спо́рый (spóryj, abundant), Latin prō-sper (favourable), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, much, abundant).

Adjective

փարթամ (pʿartʿam)

  1. opulent, wealthy, rich
  2. abundant, copious

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամենափարթամ (amenapʿartʿam)
  • բազմափարթամ (bazmapʿartʿam)
  • մեծափարթամ (mecapʿartʿam)
  • փարթամագոյն (pʿartʿamagoyn)
  • փարթամական (pʿartʿamakan)
  • փարթամանամ (pʿartʿamanam)
  • փարթամաշնորհ (pʿartʿamašnorh)
  • փարթամապէս (pʿartʿamapēs)
  • փարթամացուցանեմ (pʿartʿamacʿucʿanem)
  • փարթամացուցիչ (pʿartʿamacʿucʿičʿ)
  • փարթամութիւն (pʿartʿamutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փարթամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փարթամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փարթամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935