Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian ժուռ (žuṙ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ժուռ (žuṙ) (dialectal)

  1. unripe grapes, sour grapes
    Synonym: ազոխ (azox)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 23:[1]
      ժուռ․ ակրէսթէ
      žuṙ; akrēstʻē
      ժուռ (žuṙ) = agreste
  2. wild grapes
  3. (Khotorjur) grapes (all grapes in Khotorjur being sour, the word has replaced there խաղող (xaġoġ))
    Synonym: խաղող (xaġoġ)

Declension edit

Adjective edit

ժուռ (žuṙ) (superlative ամենաժուռ) (dialectal)

  1. unripe
    Synonyms: խակ (xak), տհաս (thas)
  2. sour
    Synonym: թթու (tʻtʻu)
  3. (figuratively) undeveloped
  4. (figuratively) sour, sullen

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 224

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ժուռ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 394a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժուռ”, 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 234a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժուռ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 163ab

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Northern Kurdish jûr,[1] cûr, Central Kurdish ژێڵ (jêll),[2] ھاڵەژێر (hallejêr, grapevine blossom)[3] and Persian غوره (ğure, unripe grapes, sour grapes).

Noun edit

ժուռ (žuṙ)

  1. unripe grapes, sour grapes
    Synonym: ազոխ (azox)

Usage notes edit

The form *ժիռ (*žiṙ) given in NHB[4] does not exist. It was back-formed from the ablative ի ժըռէն (i žəṙēn).

Adjective edit

ժուռ (žuṙ)

  1. unripe
    Synonym: խակ (xak)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ժուռ (žuṙ)

References edit

  1. ^ Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945) Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques[1] (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 159
  2. ^ Hejar (1990) “ژێڵ”, in Henbane borîne[2], Tehran: Soroush, page 403
  3. ^ Hejar (1990) “ھاڵەژێر”, in Henbane borîne[3], Tehran: Soroush, page 941
  4. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժիռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 835a

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժուռ”, 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 234a, unknown origin
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 840a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ժուռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 282b, unknown origin
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ժուռ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 259b
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ժուռ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[4], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 244