Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian անուրջ (anurǰ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

անուրջ (anurǰ)

  1. (literary) dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)
  2. dream (hope or wish), daydream, reverie

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nōr-yo-; cognate with Ancient Greek ὄναρ (ónar), ὄνειρος (óneiros) and Albanian ëndërr.[1][2][3][4] Perhaps related to ցնոր (cʿnor).

Noun edit

անուրջ (anurǰ)

  1. dream, daydream
  2. prophetic vision, vision

Usage notes edit

Classically the word was used in the plural: անուրջք (anurǰkʿ)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անուրջ (anurǰ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անուրջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 9
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anurǰ-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 98

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “անուրջք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անուրջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy