առասպել

Old Armenian

noun
Definitions
  • mythical story, fiction, tale; mythical untrue/unbelievable/unsensical story; fairy tale
  • infamous subject for public talkings
  • fable
  • proverb
  • riddle

Etymology

Compound from Old Armenian առ (near, by, at, noun) + Old Armenian -ա- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (tell, split, break off, break, cleave).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*spel-

Gloss

tell, split, break off, break, cleave

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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