Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian զուր (zur).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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զուր (zur)

  1. futile, vain (for no reason)
    զուր անց կենալ՝ անցնել՝ գնալzur ancʻ kenal, ancʻnel, gnalfruitlessly, vainly
    զուր հույսերzur huyserfutile hopes
    զուր տեղըzur teġəin vain (for no reason, to no purpose)
  2. fruitless, to no avail
  3. (figuratively) for free, gratuitous
  4. unfounded, unsubstantiated, baseless
  5. inconsequential, inconsequent

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զուր (zur)

  1. in vain, for nothing, vainly, to no purpose, to no avail
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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Parthian 𐫉𐫙𐫇𐫡 (zʿwr /⁠zūr⁠/), 𐫉𐫇𐫡 (zwr /⁠zūr⁠/, deceit, falsehood; deceitful, false; vain, in vain), which is cognate with Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (zwl /⁠zūr⁠/, false, deceitful), Persian زور (zur, lie, falsehood), Sanskrit ह्वार (hvāra, going crookedly) and Old Church Slavonic зълъ (zŭlŭ, bad). Note also Old Georgian ცრუჲ (cruy)

Adjective

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զուր (zur) indeclinable

  1. vain, useless, futile, trifling, frivolous
    ի զուր, ընդ զուր, զուր ուրեմնi zur, ənd zur, zur uremnvainly, in vain, uselessly, invalidly, unjustly
    ի զուր ճգնելi zur čgnelto labour in vain
    զուր ստրջանքzur strǰankʻunavailing regrets
    զուր ջան, անօգուտ վաստակzur ǰan, anōgut vastaklabour lost

Adverb

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զուր (zur)

  1. vainly, in vain, to no purpose, uselessly, invalidly, unjustly
    զուր խօսել (զումեքէ)zur xōsel (zumekʻē)to calumniate, to impute, to accuse

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: զուր (zur)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 109
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 151
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 47