լոր

Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

լո̈ւր (lür) — Moks, dialectological notation^[1]

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian լոր (lor).

Pronunciation edit

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /loɹ/ [loɹ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /loɹ/ [loɹ] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Noun edit

լոր • (lor)

quail, Coturnix^[2]

Declension edit

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	լոր (lor)	լորեր (lorer)
dative	լորի (lori)	լորերի (loreri)
ablative	լորից (loricʻ)	լորերից (lorericʻ)
instrumental	լորով (lorov)	լորերով (lorerov)
locative	—	—
	definite forms
nominative	լորը/լորն (lorə/lorn)	լորերը/լորերն (lorerə/lorern)
dative	լորին (lorin)	լորերին (lorerin)
	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	լորս (lors)	լորերս (lorers)
dative	լորիս (loris)	լորերիս (loreris)
ablative	լորիցս (loricʻs)	լորերիցս (lorericʻs)
instrumental	լորովս (lorovs)	լորերովս (lorerovs)
locative	—	—
	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	լորդ (lord)	լորերդ (lorerd)
dative	լորիդ (lorid)	լորերիդ (lorerid)
ablative	լորիցդ (loricʻd)	լորերիցդ (lorericʻd)
instrumental	լորովդ (lorovd)	լորերովդ (lorerovd)
locative	—	—

Derived terms edit

լորաճուռակ (loračuṙak)
լորիկ (lorik)

Related terms edit

լորամարգ (loramarg)

Descendants edit

→ Northern Kurdish: lûr

References edit

^ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “լո̈ւր”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1)‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 239
^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001) “լոր”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ B. Tʻṙčʻunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 169, page 14

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.

Often connected with Ancient Greek λάρος (láros), λαρίς (larís, “a ravenous sea-bird”) and both considered either Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias based on the verb "to shriek, cry out" (compare Latin lamentum) or borrowings from a "Mediterranean substrate". Greppin considers these proposals difficult, because the quail's voice at the most could be considered chattering and because of the semantic difficulty of relating an unappetizing sea bird with the commonly eaten field bird.

Note that the compound լորամարգ (loramarg, “a quail-like bird”) contains as its second component a reflex of Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“hen, bird”), which was not used in Armenian independently but is present in another compound, սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), wholly borrowed from Iranian. Therefore, լորամարգ (loramarg) may also be wholly borrowed from an unidentified Iranian compound, with լոր (lor) reflecting the simplex of that Iranian word. In this respect compare Classical Persian (lārōn), (lârda), (lâruda), (lârura, “quail”),^[1]^[2]^[3] known to Ačaṙyan but who considers the similarity accidental.