Where does “ափսոս” come from?

ափսոս (Middle Armenian) comes from Persian افسوس, from Middle Persian ʾp̄sws.

ափսոս (Middle Armenian): alas!

Definitions

  1. alas!

Ancestry of “ափսոս”, step by step

ափսոս traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian افسوس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianافسوسalas! ah!; regret; sorrow
2Middle Persianʾp̄sws—

via Classical Persian اَفْسوس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianاَفْسوس—

Words derived from “ափսոս”

Every word from Middle Persian ʾp̄sws →Every word from Persian افسوس →