Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish فنر (fener). Later reinforced by Russian фона́рь (fonárʹ). Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ֆանար (fanar) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. lantern, lamp
    Synonym: լապտեր (lapter)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 64:[1]
      ֆէնէռ․ ֆէռալէ
      fēnēṙ; fēṙalē
      ֆէնէռ (fēnēṙ) = feràl

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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 248

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ֆէնէռ”, 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, page 373
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ֆանար”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House