Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ագուռ (aguṙ). For the sense “diamond” compare քյարփինջ (kʻyarpʻinǰ, brick; diamond) and Georgian აგური (aguri, brick; diamond).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ագուռ (aguṙ)

  1. brick
    Synonym: աղյուս (aġyus)
  2. (card games) diamond
    Synonyms: քյարփինջ (kʻyarpʻinǰ), քյափ (kʻyapʻ)

Declension edit

See also edit

Suits in Armenian · համագույն խաղաթուղթ (hamaguyn xaġatʻuġtʻ) (layout · text)
       
սիրտ (sirt) ագուռ (aguṙ), քյարփինջ (kʻyarpʻinǰ), քյափ (kʻyapʻ) ագռավ (agṙav), ղառ (ġaṙ), մաչա (mačʻa) խաչ (xačʻ), խաչիկ (xačʻik), ճանճ (čanč)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ագուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 79a
  2. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “ագուռ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 5a
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ագուռ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 45b

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒅇𒆪𒊒𒌝 (agurru, ukurru [Ù.KU.RU.UM]), according to Diakonoff either directly from it or mediated by Hurrian. But because the word is attested late, Ačaṙean and J̌ahukyan prefer Persian آگور (âgur) as the immediate source for the Armenian.

Noun edit

ագուռ (aguṙ)

  1. burned brick
    • Varkʿ srbocʿ harancʾ [Paterica] :
      [] [աղիւս] թրծեալն հրով ագուռ՝ կացցէ եւ ի ջրի լաւ քան զքար []
      [] [ałiws] tʻrcealn hrov aguṙ, kacʻcʻē ew i ǰri law kʻan zkʻar []

Declension edit

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Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ագուռ (aguṙ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ագուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ագուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ագուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ագուռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik