Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վարս (vars). Doublet of փըռչ (pʻəṙčʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

վարս (vars)

  1. (archaic, poetic) hair

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Middle Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas.

Noun edit

վարս (vars)

  1. hair, head of hair, locks, tresses
    վարսք առիւծու, ձիոյvarskʻ aṙiwcu, jioymane
    վարսք գեղածփեալvarskʻ gełacpʻealwaving, flowing locks
    հողս արկանել զվարսիւքhołs arkanel zvarsiwkʻto cover the head with ashes
  2. (astronomy) coma, beams
    վարսք գիսաւորիvarskʻ gisaworibeams or tail of a comet
    վարսք Բերինիկեայvarskʻ BerinikeayBerenice's hair, coma Berenicis
  3. (figuratively) foliage, leafy branches, leaves, green dress

Usage notes edit

The word was usually used in the plural: վարսք (varskʻ).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վարս (vars) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վարս”, 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) “վարս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վարս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy