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պուրակ

պուրակ

Armenian

Noun

պուրակ (purak)

  1. orchard, grove
  2. small wood, woodlet, bosk
  3. brake, copse
  4. public garden, park

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պրակ (prak)
  • պարուկ (paruk) (misspelling)

Etymology

Perhaps via Iranian from Sanskrit पौरक (pauraka, garden in the neighbourhood of a city).

Noun

պուրակ (purak)

  1. small wood, grove

Declension

Derived terms

  • եղեգնապուրակ (ełegnapurak)
  • եղեգնապրակ (ełegnaprak)
  • պարկացիր (parkacʿir)
  • պուրակացիր (purakacʿir)
  • պրակագեղ (prakageł)

Descendants

References

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