պահ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑh/, [pɑh]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /bɑh/, [bɑh]

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From Old Armenian պահ (pah).

պահ • (pah)

1. moment, instant

   նա մի պահ կանգ առավ ― na mi pah kang aṙav ― he stopped for a moment

2. time (in general)
3. guarding, watching, keeping

   պահ մտնել ― pah mtnel ― to hide, to cover, to take cover

   պահ տալ ― pah tal ― to give up, to give for keeping

պա՜հ • (pa^!h)

1. oh! (expression of surprise or disbelief)

• պարհ (parh)

The older form is պարհ (parh), a Northwestern Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian 𐫛𐫀𐫍𐫡 (pʾhr /⁠pāhr⁠/, “watch-post”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾs /⁠pās⁠/, “guard, watch”), Persian پاس (pâs, “guard, watch”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *páHθrah, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard”).

պահ • (pah)

1. watch, guard
2. hour, moment, time
   • 1612 – 1614, Yakob Tʻoxatʻecʻi :^[1]

     Ոհ թէ այն պահն, որ զքեզ տեսնէի,
     Զաջդ տիրաշօշափ ես համբուրէի,
     Ժամ մի դէմ երեսիդ աչօք հայէի,
     Ապա զհոգիս մարմնոյս իմ աւանդէի։

     Oh tʻē ayn pahn, or zkʻez tesnēi,
     Zaǰd tirašōšapʻ es hamburēi,
     Žam mi dēm eresid ačʻōkʻ hayēi,
     Apa zhogis marmnoys im awandēi.

     • Translation by S. Peter Cowe

       O for the moment when I'd see you,
       Kiss your right hand that touched the Lord,
       That for a time I'd gaze upon your face with my eyes,
       Then would I yield up the ghost from my body.

• Armenian: պահ (pah)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պահ”, 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) “պահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• 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 900
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy