Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian բուրդ (burd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բուրդ (burd)

  1. wool
  2. (dialectal) chicken feather

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բուրդ (burd) բրդեր (brder)
dative բրդի (brdi) բրդերի (brderi)
ablative բրդից (brdicʻ) բրդերից (brdericʻ)
instrumental բրդով (brdov) բրդերով (brderov)
locative բրդում (brdum) բրդերում (brderum)
definite forms
nominative բուրդը/բուրդն (burdə/burdn) բրդերը/բրդերն (brderə/brdern)
dative բրդին (brdin) բրդերին (brderin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բուրդս (burds) բրդերս (brders)
dative բրդիս (brdis) բրդերիս (brderis)
ablative բրդիցս (brdicʻs) բրդերիցս (brdericʻs)
instrumental բրդովս (brdovs) բրդերովս (brderovs)
locative բրդումս (brdums) բրդերումս (brderums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բուրդդ (burdd) բրդերդ (brderd)
dative բրդիդ (brdid) բրդերիդ (brderid)
ablative բրդիցդ (brdicʻd) բրդերիցդ (brdericʻd)
instrumental բրդովդ (brdovd) բրդերովդ (brderovd)
locative բրդումդ (brdumd) բրդերումդ (brderumd)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Avar: буртина (burtina)
  • Northern Kurdish: pûrt

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the root *բուրդ- (*burd-, to cut) of բրդեմ (brdem, to cut to pieces), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōrdʰ-; see the former for more.[1] The word originally had a broader meaning “something cut out, extracted”. Compare the Georgian borrowing ბურდო (burdo, chaff), which preserves the o-stem of Armenian, as well as its older meaning. For the semantic development compare կտուրք (kturkʻ, fleece) from կտրեմ (ktrem, to cut).

Noun

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բուրդ (burd)

  1. wool

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բուրդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բուրդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բուրդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 7, number 1/2, pages 191–194
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 56-57