Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սկեսուր (skesur).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սկեսուր (skesur)

  1. mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱur-(e)h₂-, from *sweḱru-h₂-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑκυρά (hekurá).

Noun edit

սկեսուր (skesur)

  1. mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սկեսուր (skesur)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սկեսուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սկեսուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սկեսուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 12