առու

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian առու (aṙu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

առու (aṙu)

  1. brook
  2. irrigation ditch, trench

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

With prothetic ա- (a-) from Proto-Indo-European *sr(o)u-y-o/eh₂- or *sru-ti- or *sru-to- or *srowtos-, from *srew-.[1][2][3]

Noun

առու (aṙu)

  1. brook, tributary
    հեղուլ՝ հոսել առուս արտասուացhełul, hosel aṙus artasuacʿto shed tears profusely
  2. channel
  3. ditch, trench, furrow, passage

Declension

Derived terms

  • առուաբար (aṙuabar)
  • առուակ (aṙuak)
  • առուահանք (aṙuahankʿ)
  • առուամէջք (aṙuamēǰkʿ)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aṙu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 114

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), առու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), առու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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