Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ճիռ (čiṙ).

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Noun edit

ճիռ (čiṙ)

  1. small bunch of grapes or a single fruit left after a harvest
  2. (Karabakh) sour unripe grape
    Synonym: ազոխ (azox)

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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճիռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.

Noun edit

ճիռ (čiṙ)

  1. small bunch of grapes
    • 5th century, Bible, Isaiah 65.8:
      Այսպէս ասէ Տէր․ Զոր օրինակ եթէ գտանիցի ճիռ ի մէջ ողկուզոց, եւ ասիցեն․ Մի՛ ապականեր զդա՝ զի օրհնութիւնՏեառն գոյ ի դմա․ այնպէս արարից վասն ծառայից իմոց, վասն որոյ ոչ կորուսից զամենեսեան։
      Ayspēs asē Tēr; Zor ōrinak etʻē gtanicʻi čiṙ i mēǰ ołkuzocʻ, ew asicʻen; Mí apakaner zda, zi ōrhnutʻiwnTeaṙn goy i dma; aynpēs araricʻ vasn caṙayicʻ imocʻ, vasn oroy očʻ korusicʻ zamenesean.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        Thus saith the Lord, As a grape-stone shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for the sake of him that serves me, for his sake I will not destroy them all.
  2. an insignificant fruit left on an olive tree

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Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: ճիռ (čiṙ), ճիւռ (čiwṙ), ճեռ (čeṙ), ճուռ (čuṙ)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճիռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճիռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2019) “Traces of Indo-European ‘Father Sky, God’ in Armenian”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 196, footnote 10
  • 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 936
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճիռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy