Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մթար (mtʻar).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

մթար (mtʻar) (superlative ամենամթար)

  1. dark

Declension edit

Noun edit

մթար (mtʻar)

  1. filth, dirt

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

մութ (mutʻ) +‎ -ար (-ar)

Adjective edit

մթար (mtʻar)

  1. black, smutty

Declension edit

Noun edit

մթար (mtʻar)

  1. blearedness
  2. filth, dirt

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մթար (mtʻar) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մթար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մթար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մթար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ար”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48