Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սոր (sor).

Noun edit

սոր (sor)

  1. hole, bore, opening, orifice, mouth
  2. cave, cavern
  3. den, lair, burrow, nest of an animal (built in a hole)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from սորալ (soral, to leak, flow).

Noun edit

սոր (sor)

  1. the act of leaking, flowing
    սոր տալsor tal(of flour) to pour from under the millstone; (of bees) to pour out from the beehive
  2. (archaic) pebbles brought in by floods
Declension edit

References edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “սոր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱowH-r-o-. The closest cognates are Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, hole) and Latin caverna. Other cognates include Ancient Greek κῶος (kôos, caves, dens), κοῖλος (koîlos, hollow), Latin cava (a hollow), cavo (to dig), cavus (hollow, excavated), Persian سوراخ (surâx, hole, orifice), etc.

Noun edit

սոր (sor)

  1. hole, bore, opening, orifice, mouth
  2. cave, cavern
  3. den, lair, burrow, nest of an animal (built in a hole)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սոր (sor) (learned)
  • Old Georgian: სოროჲ (soroy)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սոր”, 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) “սոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899) “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 49 of 41–50
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy