Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փոթոր (pʻotʻor).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

փոթոր (pʻotʻor) (Ganja)

  1. conical, cone-shaped
    Synonym: կոնաձեւ (konajew)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2012), “փոթոր”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 7, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 12a

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From փոթ (pʻotʻ) +‎ -որ (-or). According to Ačaṙyan, the basic meaning is "winding, twisted".

Adjective edit

փոթոր (pʻotʻor)

  1. conical, cone-shaped
    • second half of 5th century or 6th century, Girkʿ Pitoyicʿ [Book of Chries] , (as quoted in the Armenian–Latin dictionary of Stefanus Roszka):[1]
      Հեղգն որպէս փոթոր՝ եթէ ոչ բախի, ոչ շարժի
      Hełgn orpēs pʻotʻor, etʻē očʻ baxi, očʻ šarži
    • Vasn hamocʻ [On tastes] :[2][3]
      Յայտնին՝ Է։ Ա. փոթոր (var. փոթոթն), Բ. թըթու, Գ. քաղցր []
      Yaytnin, Ē. A. pʻotʻor (var. pʻotʻotʻn), B. tʻətʻu, G. kʻałcʻr []

Usage notes edit

The second edition of Aṙjeṙn baṙaran alternatively glosses the word with "spinning top".

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “փոթոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 945a
  2. ^ Mayr cʻucʻak hayerēn jeṙagracʻ Maštocʻi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran]‎[1] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Magaġatʻ, 2007, § 745, column 589
  3. ^ Mayr cʻucʻak hayerēn jeṙagracʻ Maštocʻi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran]‎[2] (in Armenian), volume X, Yerevan: Nairi, 2019, § 3071, column 327

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 510a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ (1846) “փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[3] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 764a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 811b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “փոթոր”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1434b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փոթոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy