թառափ
tʻaṙapʻ/tʰɑˈrɑpʰ/
The Armenian word for sturgeon is թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ).
թառափ refers to any fish belonging to the Acipenseridae family.
Meaning: fish of family Acipenseridae (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is tʻaṙapʻ. The /tʰ/ sound is like the [t] in top, the /ɑ/ sound is like the [a] in lava, the /r/ is a trilled sound like the [rr] in the Spanish word perro and the /pʰ/ sound is like the [p] in port.
Did you know?
- The word թառափ has a strange semantic history that connects it to the word for a 'magpie', a type of bird, through various Eurasian linguistic shifts.
Examples in context
- Թառափը շատ թանկարժեք ձուկ է։T'ar'ap'y shat t'ankarjeq dzuk e.The sturgeon is a very precious fish.
- Այս թառափը շատ մեծ է։Ays t'ar'ap'y shat mets e.This sturgeon is very large.
- Մենք թառափ ենք պատվիրել։Menk' t'ar'ap' yenk' patviryel.We ordered sturgeon.
Example conversation
Levon and Ani are at a seafood restaurant.
- Անի AniԼևոն, ի՞նչ ես ուզում պատվիրել:Levon, inch es uzum patvirel?Levon, what do you want to order?
- Լևոն LevonԵս կուզենայի թառափ փորձել:Yes kuzenayi t'arap p'ordzel:I would like to try sturgeon.
- Անի AniԴա շատ համեղ ընտրություն է:Da shat hamegh yntrutyun e:That is a very tasty choice.
- Լևոն LevonՇնորհակալություն, Անի:Shnorhakalutyun, Ani:Thank you, Ani.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “sturgeon” translations and entries թառափ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries թառափ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
