չափ

Inherited from Old Armenian չափ (čʻapʻ).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɑpʰ/, [t͡ʃʰɑpʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑp/, [t͡ʃʰɑpʰ]

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չափ • (čʻapʻ)

1. limit, degree
2. size
3. measure
4. (music) measure

The form չափս (čʻapʻs) is somewhat colloquial and is usually used for clothing size.

• չափս (čʻapʻs) — colloquial

չափ • (čʻapʻ)

1. equal to

   փղի չափ մեծ ― pʻġi čʻapʻ mec ― as big as an elephant

• → Northern Kurdish: çap
• → Ottoman Turkish: چاپ (çap)
  • Turkish: çap
  • → Azerbaijani: çap
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ча̏п / čȁp
• → Udi: чап (čap)

The origin is uncertain.

չափ • (čʻapʻ)

1. measure; that by which any thing is measured; extent, dimension, measurement; quantity, dose; measure, bounds, compass; mediocrity; moderation; rule, proportion, measure; reach, value, capacity; boundary, limits, end

   ըստ չափու ― əst čʻapʻu ― in proportion

   զչափ առնուլ ― zčʻapʻ aṙnul ― to measure, to prove, to weigh; to try, to feel

   առնուլ զչափ հանդերձի ― aṙnul zčʻapʻ handerji ― to take the measure for a coat

   չափով ― čʻapʻov ― with measure or moderation, moderately

   միտք նորա չափով ― mitkʻ nora čʻapʻov ― person of shallow intellect or weak mind

   ի չափու ունել ― i čʻapʻu unel ― to confine within due limits, to limit, to keep within bounds, to restrain, to repress

   ի չափու ունել զանձն, գիտել զչափ անձին ― i čʻapʻu unel zanjn, gitel zčʻapʻ anjin ― to conduct oneself with moderation, to restrain, to regulate oneself, to be master of oneself

   զամենայն ինչ առնել չափով եւ կշռով ― zamenayn inčʻ aṙnel čʻapʻov ew kšṙov ― to do all by weight and measure

   անդր քան զչափ անցուցանել, անցանել ըստ չափ ― andr kʻan zčʻapʻ ancʻucʻanel, ancʻanel əst čʻapʻ ― to go rather too far, beyond bounds, to outstrip, to carry to excess

   չափ դնել, չափ եւ սահման դնել ― čʻapʻ dnel, čʻapʻ ew sahman dnel ― to place limits to, to moderate, to restrain

   կալ ի չափու ― kal i čʻapʻu ― to restrain oneself; to keep one's temper

   չկալ ի չափու ― čʻkal i čʻapʻu ― to make a bad use of, to misuse

   ծախս առնել ըստ չափու եկամտիցն ― caxs aṙnel əst čʻapʻu ekamticʻn ― to spend in proportion to one's income

   ճանաչել զչափ անձին ― čanačʻel zčʻapʻ anjin ― to know one's ability

   զառն չափ ոչ գիտել ― zaṙn čʻapʻ očʻ gitel ― to know not a man: not to know mankind, to be ignorant of human nature

   ունի սա չափ ժամանակի առաւել քան զինն հարիւր ամաց ― uni sa čʻapʻ žamanaki aṙawel kʻan zinn hariwr amacʻ ― it has lasted for more then nine hundred years

   ունի չափ ժամանակի հարիւր ամաց ― uni čʻapʻ žamanaki hariwr amacʻ ― it is a period of a hundred years, it is a century

   առաւել քան զչափն ― aṙawel kʻan zčʻapʻn ― very much, immeasurably, exceedingly, extremely, excessively

   գալով չափ բանին քոյոյ ― galov čʻapʻ banin kʻoyoy ― when your word shall be proved true

   լրացեալ է չափն ― lracʻeal ē čʻapʻn ― the measure is heaped up; the cup is full

2. (music, poetry) measure, time; cadence, metre, foot, measure, rhythm

   չափով բան, բանք չափաւ ― čʻapʻov ban, bankʻ čʻapʻaw ― verse, poetry

   չափով ― čʻapʻov ― in verse

3. age of discretion, manhood

   ի չափ հասեալ ― i čʻapʻ haseal ― of age, grown up, formed

   ի չափ հասանել ― i čʻapʻ hasanel ― to arrive at or to be in the flower of manhood; to become of age, to be grown up, adult, marriageable

   ի չափ աւուրց հասանել ― i čʻapʻ awurcʻ hasanel ― to be getting old

չափ • (čʻapʻ)

1. measured, regular, moderate; middle, moderate

   չափ հասակաւ ― čʻapʻ hasakaw ― middle-sized

   չափ ինչ ― čʻapʻ inčʻ ― some, a little

չափ • (čʻapʻ)

1. even, to, about, as, by, with

   ձեօք չափ ― jeōkʻ čʻapʻ ― as much as you

   արեամբ չափ ― areamb čʻapʻ ― to bloodshed

   ուխտել երդմամբ չափ ― uxtel erdmamb čʻapʻ ― to confirm on oath

   բրել զտեղին իբրեւ առն չափ ― brel ztełin ibrew aṙn čʻapʻ ― to dig a hole to a man's depth, to excavate the earth to the depth of a man's height

   հինգ հարիւրով չափ ― hing hariwrov čʻapʻ ― about five hundred

   միջովք չափ եւ բարձիւք չափ ― miǰovkʻ čʻapʻ ew barjiwkʻ čʻapʻ ― from the loins to the thighs

   զհասարակ չափ գիշերաւ ― zhasarak čʻapʻ gišeraw ― about midnight

• Middle Armenian: չաք (čʻakʻ), չաքս (čʻakʻs), չաքք (čʻakʻkʻ)
• Armenian: չափ (čʻapʻ), չափս (čʻapʻs) — colloquial
  • → Northern Kurdish: çap
  • → Ottoman Turkish: چاپ (çap)
    • Turkish: çap
    • → Azerbaijani: çap
    • → Serbo-Croatian: ча̏п / čȁp
  • → Udi: чап (čap)
• → Old Georgian: ჩაფი (čapi)
  • Georgian: ჩაფი (čapi)
    • → Ossetian: чапи (ḱapi)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չափ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չափ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy