Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թուր (tʿur).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թուր (tʿur)

  1. sword

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *tōrh₁-, from *terh₁- (to rub, turn; to drill, pierce), with an especially close cognate in Ancient Greek τορός (torós, piercing).[1][2][3]

Noun edit

թուր (tʿur)

  1. sword
    Synonyms: սուր (sur), սուսեր (suser), խադ (xad)
    հարուած թրոյharuac tʿroysabre-cut, sword-cut
    թուր ի ձեռինtʿur i jeṙinsword in hand
    յիւր ապարանսն թուր շողացուցանելyiwr aparansn tʿur šołacʿucʿanelto boast one's prowess hiding at home
  2. (music) a kind of khaz
  3. (weaving) shuttle
    Synonym: կկոց (kkocʿ)
  4. swordfish

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թուր (tʿur)
  • Chechen: тур (tur) (possibly)
  • Bats: თურ (tur) (possibly)
  • Rutul: тур (possibly)
  • Lak: тур (tur) (possibly)
  • Aghul: тур (tur) (possibly)
  • Khvarshi: тыр (tɨr) (possibly)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 208–209
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 195
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “թուր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 275b

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “թուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “թուր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “թուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy