վառոդ

Armenian

Alternative forms

վառօդ (vaṙōd) — traditional orthography

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, a reshaping of բարութ (barutʻ) by a popular etymology as վառ (vaṙ, “burning”) + օդ (ōd, “air”).^[1] Spelled վարօդ (varōd), վառօդ (vaṙōd) in HHB (1769),^[2] վառօթ (vaṙōtʻ) in Girkʻ hrašicʻ (1772)^[3] and վարօդ (varōd) in Banali gitutʻean (1788).^[4]^[5]

Pronunciation

Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /vɑˈrotʰ/, [vɑrótʰ]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /vɑˈrot/, [vɑrótʰ]

Noun

վառոդ • (vaṙod)

gunpowder

Usage notes

Colloquially Russian по́рох (pórox) is often used instead.

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	վառոդ (vaṙod)
dative	վառոդի (vaṙodi)
ablative	վառոդից (vaṙodicʻ)
instrumental	վառոդով (vaṙodov)
locative	վառոդում (vaṙodum)
	definite forms
nominative	վառոդը/վառոդն (vaṙodə/vaṙodn)
dative	վառոդին (vaṙodin)
	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	վառոդս (vaṙods)
dative	վառոդիս (vaṙodis)
ablative	վառոդիցս (vaṙodicʻs)
instrumental	վառոդովս (vaṙodovs)
locative	վառոդումս (vaṙodums)
	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	վառոդդ (vaṙodd)
dative	վառոդիդ (vaṙodid)
ablative	վառոդիցդ (vaṙodicʻd)
instrumental	վառոդովդ (vaṙodovd)
locative	վառոդումդ (vaṙodumd)

References

^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բարութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
^ Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “պարութ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537a
^ https://books.google.am/books?id=48I-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA587
^ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 201
^ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 38

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

[2] Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “պարութ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537a

[3] ttps://books.google.am/books?id=48I-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA587

[4] Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 201

[5] Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 38

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