Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կոտոր (kotor). Doublet of կտոր (ktor).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կոտոր (kotor)

  1. (rare) morsel, piece, fragment

Declension edit

Adjective edit

կոտոր (kotor) (superlative ամենակոտոր)

  1. broken

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.[1][2][3] Related to կտուր (ktur), -կտիր (-ktir) as in հատուկտիր (hatuktir), dialectal կոտր (kotr).[1][3]

Noun edit

կոտոր (kotor)

  1. morsel, part, fragment, slice, bit, piece, lump
    կոտոր հացիkotor hacʻipiece of bread

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոտոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 960
  3. 3.0 3.1 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կոտոր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոտոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոտոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy