Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish قصور (kusur), from Arabic قُصُور (quṣūr).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ղուսուր (ġusur) (dialectal)

  1. faulty, deficient, flawed
    Synonyms: թերի (tʻeri), թերատ (tʻerat)

Noun edit

ղուսուր (ġusur) (dialectal)

  1. fault, defect, flaw
    Synonyms: պակասություն (pakasutʻyun), թերություն (tʻerutʻyun)
  2. offence
    Synonym: հանցանք (hancʻankʻ)
  3. remainder
    Synonyms: մնացուք (mnacʻukʻ), մնացյալը (mnacʻyalə)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 38:[1]
      ղուսուր․ ռէսթօ
      ġusur; ṙēstʻō
      ղուսուր (ġusur) = resto

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 232

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խուսուր”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “խուսուր”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 237b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قصور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1457b