պարէն

An Iranian borrowing: compare Khotanese [script needed] (para-, “food”), [script needed] (pāra-, “cake”), [script needed] (pār-, “to rear, feed”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pyšpʾlk' /⁠pēš-pārag⁠/, “appetizer”), Persian پیشپاره (pêš-pâra, “cake made of flour, honey, and oil or butter”). Related to Old Armenian նպար (npar), նպարակ (nparak, “food”), also from Iranian.

պարէն • (parēn)

1. subsistence, food, nourishment

• նպար (npar), նպարակ (nparak)

• → Armenian: պարեն (paren)

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