Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

According to Ačaṙyan, a reshaping of բարութ (barutʿ) by a popular etymology as վառ (vaṙ, burning) + օդ (ōd, air).[1] Spelled վարօդ (varōd), վառօդ (vaṙōd) in HHB (1769),[2] վառօթ (vaṙōtʿ) in Girkʿ hrašicʿ (1772)[3] and վարօդ (varōd) in Banali gitutʿean (1788).[4][5]

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

վառոդ (vaṙod)

  1. gunpowder

Usage notes edit

Colloquially Russian по́рох (pórox) is often used instead.

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “բարութ”, 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. ^ Ananean, Mkrtičʿ (1769) “պարութ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʿ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537a
  3. ^ https://books.google.am/books?id=48I-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA587
  4. ^ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʿean [Key of Knowledge] (in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 201
  5. ^ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʿean [Key of Knowledge] (in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 38