ապուռ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ապուր (apur)

Etymology

A Middle Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpwlyt), 𐫀𐫛𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫅 (ʾpwryd /⁠appurēd⁠/, “to steal, carry off”). Ačaṙean explains the Iranian formation as *apa- (“away”) + *par- (“to pass”), comparing Avestan 𐬥𐬌-𐬞𐬁𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ni-pāraiieⁱti, “to appropriate something”) and Sanskrit अपपरे (apa-pare, “to go off”).

Noun

ապուռ • (apuṙ)

1. booty, plunder, spoils

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ապուռ (apuṙ)		ապուռք (apuṙkʻ)
genitive	ապռի (apṙi)		ապռից (apṙicʻ)
dative	ապռի (apṙi)		ապռից (apṙicʻ)
accusative	ապուռ (apuṙ)		ապուռս (apuṙs)
ablative	ապռէ (apṙē)		ապռից (apṙicʻ)
instrumental	ապռիւ (apṙiw)		ապռիւք (apṙiwkʻ)
locative	ապռի (apṙi)		ապուռս (apuṙs)
the above declension is postulated by the Nor Baṙgirkʿ but is not attested

Synonyms

• աւար (awar), կողոպուտ (kołoput)

Derived terms

• ապռեմ (apṙem)

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ապուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ապուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ապուռ”, 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, page 238
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “appurdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10