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շամփուր

շամփուր

Armenian

Noun

շամփուր (šampʿur)

  1. spit, skewer
  2. ramrod, cleaning rod
  3. (colloquial) bayonet

Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), շամփուր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), շամփուր”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շափուր (šapʿur)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܫܦܘܕܐ (šappūδā).

Noun

շամփուր (šampʿur)

  1. spit, skewer
    ի շամփուր հարկանելi šampʿur harkanel ― to spit, to put upon the spit; to run or to pierce through and through, to transpierce
  2. (astronomy) Orion

Declension

Derived terms

  • շամփրեմ (šampʿrem)

Descendants

References

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