Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian դիրտ (dirt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դիրտ (dirt)

  1. dregs, lees, sediment
    Synonym: մրուր (mrur)

Declension edit

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Persian درد (durd).[1][2][3][4] Compare dialectal (Agulis) դըռդի՛ (dəṙdí) from Persian دردی (durdî).[4]

Noun edit

դիրտ (dirt)

  1. dregs, lees, sediment

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դիրտ (dirt) (literary)
  • Armenian: դուրդ (durd), դուռդ (duṙd), դո̈ւռդ (düṙd), դըռդ (dəṙd), դիրդ (dird) (dialectal)

References edit

  1. ^ Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 714b
  2. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 264
  3. ^ Karst, Josef (1901) Historische Grammatik des Kilikisch-Armenischen (in German), Karl J. Trübner: Strassburg, page 39
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիրտ”, 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 670b

Further reading edit

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    Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 221
  • Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “դիրտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 217
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “դիրտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 419bc
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “lie”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 747a
  • Pʻēštəmalčean, Grigor (1844) “դիրտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language], volume I, Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 294a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիրտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 145a
  • Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “դիրտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎[3] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 134a