Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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վառոդ (vaṙod)

  1. gunpowder

Usage notes

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Colloquially Russian по́рох (pórox) is often used instead.

Declension

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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)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative վառոդս (vaṙods)
dative վառոդիս (vaṙodis)
ablative վառոդիցս (vaṙodicʻs)
instrumental վառոդովս (vaṙodovs)
locative վառոդումս (vaṙodums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative վառոդդ (vaṙodd)
dative վառոդիդ (vaṙodid)
ablative վառոդիցդ (vaṙodicʻd)
instrumental վառոդովդ (vaṙodovd)
locative վառոդումդ (vaṙodumd)

References

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  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. ^ https://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