Armenian edit

 
ջրհոր

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ջրհոր (ǰrhor); see below.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ջրհոր (ǰrhor)

  1. well (hole sunk into the ground as a source of water)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

ջուր (ǰur) +‎ հոր (hor)

Noun edit

ջրհոր (ǰrhor)

  1. well
    ջրհոր արդեզեանǰrhor ardezeanArtesian-well
    ջրհոր ծծիչǰrhor ccičʿabsorbing or draining well, bog, cesspool
  2. cistern

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ջրհոր (ǰrhor)
  • Georgian: ჯურღმული (ǯurɣmuli)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ջրհոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ջուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press