Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زور (zōr, force). Doublet of զոր (zor).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

զոռ (zoṙ) (traditional orthography spelling զօռ)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) force, power, strength
    զոռ տալzoṙ talto apply force; to make efforts
  2. (colloquial, dialectal) force, violence, compulsion

Declension edit

Adjective edit

զոռ (zoṙ) (traditional orthography spelling զօռ, superlative ամենազոռ)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) hard, difficult
    էդ զոռ աēd zoṙ athat’s hard

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

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