մօր
Old Armenian edit
Etymology 1 edit
The original spelling is մաւր (mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂trós, dialectal genitive of *méh₂tēr.
Alternative forms edit
- մաւր (mawr)
Noun edit
մօր • (mōr)
References edit
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 447–449
Etymology 2 edit
The original spelling is մաւր (mawr). Usually connected with Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras and derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mewH- (“to make wet, wash”). However, Martirosyan links մաւր (mawr), մուր (mur, “soot”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras and prefers a European substrate origin for them. An alternative etymology derives մաւր (mawr) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”), but this is less likely. Nevertheless, a conflation of these two etyma in Armenian is possible. For -ատ (-at), found in the forms with a dental suffixal element, Martirosyan compares the pair արմն (armn) : արմատ (armat). See also Murat.
Alternative forms edit
- մաւր (mawr)
- մուր (mur), մուռ (muṙ) (post-classical)
- մօրատ (mōrat), մաւրատ (mawrat), մուրատ (murat), մորօտ (morōt), մուրտ (murt) (forms with a dental suffixal element)
Noun edit
մօր • (mōr)
- mud, marsh, swamp
- մօրք տղմացեալք ― mōrkʻ tłmacʻealkʻ ― silted marshes
- (post-Classical, adjectival) marshy
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian: մոր (mor)
- Middle Armenian: մօրատ (mōrat), մօրոտ (mōrot), մորուտ (morut), մուրոտ (murot), մօրտ (mōrt), մորտ (mort), մուրօտ (murōt)
- Armenian: մորուտ (morut)
- Turkish: Murat (possibly)
- English: Murat
References edit
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2009) “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies[1], volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180