# օճառ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian օճառ (ōčaṙ), աճառ (ačaṙ, “soap”).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /oˈt͡ʃɑr/, [ot͡ʃɑ́r]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /oˈd͡ʒɑr/, [od͡ʒɑ́r]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

օճառ • (ōčaṙ)
* soap
    Synonym: (colloquial) սապոն (sapon)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | օճառ (ōčaṙ) | օճառներ (ōčaṙner) |
| dative | օճառի (ōčaṙi) | օճառների (ōčaṙneri) |
| ablative | օճառից (ōčaṙicʻ) | օճառներից (ōčaṙnericʻ) |
| instrumental | օճառով (ōčaṙov) | օճառներով (ōčaṙnerov) |
| locative | օճառում (ōčaṙum) | օճառներում (ōčaṙnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | օճառը/օճառն (ōčaṙə/ōčaṙn) | օճառները/օճառներն (ōčaṙnerə/ōčaṙnern) |
| dative | օճառին (ōčaṙin) | օճառներին (ōčaṙnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | օճառս (ōčaṙs) | օճառներս (ōčaṙners) |
| dative | օճառիս (ōčaṙis) | օճառներիս (ōčaṙneris) |
| ablative | օճառիցս (ōčaṙicʻs) | օճառներիցս (ōčaṙnericʻs) |
| instrumental | օճառովս (ōčaṙovs) | օճառներովս (ōčaṙnerovs) |
| locative | օճառումս (ōčaṙums) | օճառներումս (ōčaṙnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | օճառդ (ōčaṙd) | օճառներդ (ōčaṙnerd) |
| dative | օճառիդ (ōčaṙid) | օճառներիդ (ōčaṙnerid) |
| ablative | օճառիցդ (ōčaṙicʻd) | օճառներիցդ (ōčaṙnericʻd) |
| instrumental | օճառովդ (ōčaṙovd) | օճառներովդ (ōčaṙnerovd) |
| locative | օճառումդ (ōčaṙumd) | օճառներումդ (ōčaṙnerumd) |

## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

օճառ • (ōčaṙ)
* Alternative form of աճառ (ačaṙ, “soap”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Parthian 𐫀𐫀𐫁𐫝𐫀𐫡 (ʾʾbcʾr), 𐫀𐫁𐫝𐫡 (ʾbcr), 𐫀𐫀𐫁𐫋𐫀𐫡 (ʾʾbjʾr /⁠ābžār⁠/, “materials, means”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄cʾl, ʾp̄zʾl /⁠abzār⁠/, “instrument, means; spice”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫁𐫝𐫀𐫡 (ʾbcʾr /⁠abzār⁠/, “materials, means”), Persian ابزار (abzâr, “tool, instrument, implement, means”). Ultimately from an Iranian compound *Habí-čārna-, composed of the preverb *Habí- and the etymon of ճար (čar, “remedy, means”). Old Georgian აბჯარი (abǯari, “armour”) is borrowed from the same Iranian source. The homonymous Old Armenian աճառ (ačaṙ, “soap”) may be identical, but the sense development needs an explanation.

#### Noun

օճառ • (ōčaṙ)
* equipment, means, harness, furniture

##### Alternative forms

* աւճառ (awčaṙ), աճառ (ačaṙ)

##### Derived terms

* նոճեայօճառ (nočeayōčaṙ)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: ավճոր (avčor, “garnish”)

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աճառ”, 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, pages 139–140
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “օճառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1027bc
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “աճառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 49b
* Dowsett, C. J. F. (1970) “Cause, and Some Linguistically Allied Concepts, in Armenian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎, volume 33, number 1, pages 64–68
* Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 20b
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 863
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օճառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 758b