# սափոր
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian սափոր (sapʻor).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /sɑˈpʰoɾ/, [sɑpʰóɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /sɑˈpoɾ/, [sɑpʰóɾ]

### Noun

սափոր • (sapʻor)
* jug, pitcher
* urn

#### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian *sapōδ (perhaps via Aramaic, because otherwise *սապոյր (*sapoyr) is expected), from Old Iranian *sapauda-, whence Classical Persian سبوی (sabōy), سبو (sabô, “cup, jug”), Bactrian σαβολο (sabolo, “jar”) and the Tocharian B loanword sapule (“jar”). The connection with Persian was recognised already by Awgerean and Gēorg Dpir.

### Noun

սափոր • (sapʻor)
* urn, amphora, pot, pitcher, jug, jar
* a dry and liquid measure equal to 10 քսեստ (kʻsest)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: սափոր (sapʻor)

### References

* ↑ Périkhanian, Anahit G. (1986–1987) “Notes étymologiques”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 20, page 39
* ↑ Henning, W. B. (1962) “Persian poetical manuscripts from the time of Rūdakī”, in W. B. Henning, E. Yarshater, editors, A locust’s leg: Studies in honour of S. H. Taqizadeh‎, London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd, page 98, footnote 4
* ↑ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 221b
* ↑ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan II. Letters and Buddhist texts (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; II), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 261a
* ↑ Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1821) Bacʻatrutʻiwn čʻapʻucʻ ew kšṙocʻ naxneacʻ [Explanation of the Measures and Weights of the Ancients] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 160
* ↑ Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 714a

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սափոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 193b
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սափոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սափոր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 673b
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “սափոր”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
* 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 957
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սափոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy