Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian ձառ (jaṙ).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ձառ (jaṙ) (superlative ամենաձառ)

  1. (archaic) twisted, crooked
  2. (archaic) ugly
  3. (archaic) coarse, rough

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s- from *ǵʰers-.

Adjective edit

ձառ (jaṙ)

  1. curved, ugly

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ձառ (jaṙ)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ձառ”, 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 146ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 200