կապա

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian կապայ (kapay), from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

կապա • (kapa)

  1. a kind of garment worn by men and women: kaftan, frock; cassock
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 32:[1]
      կապայ․ վէսթէ
      kapay; vēstʻē
      կապայ (kapay) = veste

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 229

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կապայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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