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պարիկ

պարիկ

Armenian

Noun

պարիկ (parik)

  1. (archaic) a mythical being, spirit

Declension

Related terms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *parīk. Compare Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, witch), Persian پری (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (pairikā, sorceress, witch), Sogdian pṛʿyk- (female demoness).

Noun

պարիկ (parik)

  1. a mythical being, spirit

Declension

Derived terms

  • առիւծապարիկ (aṙiwcaparik)

Related terms

  • յուշկապարիկ (yuškaparik)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պարիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), պարիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 635b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 228
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պարիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 61b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 541