Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian ծեր (cer); see it for more.

Adjective edit

ծեր (cer) (superlative ամենածեր)

  1. (of a person) old, aged
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Noun edit

ծեր (cer)

  1. old, aged man
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Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

ծեր (cer)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ծայր (cayr)
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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-.

Adjective edit

ծեր (cer)

  1. old, aged, stricken or advanced in years

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Noun edit

ծեր (cer)

  1. old man, elder
    ծերք ժողովրդեան, քաղաքինcerkʻ žołovrdean, kʻałakʻinthe senate, seniors, elders; the ancients
    եթէ ծերն էր ուժեղ, կամ մանուկն էր ուշեղetʻē cern ēr užeł, kam manukn ēr ušełif young folks had experience, and old ones strength; if youth knew and old age could

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծեր (cer)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 339