թուր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թուր (tʿur).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [tʰuɾ]
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Noun

թուր (tʿur)

  1. sword

Declension

Derived terms

  • թրաձեւ (tʿrajew)
  • թրաձուկ (tʿrajuk)
  • թրավոր (tʿravor)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թոյր (tʿoyr)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tōrh₁-, from *terh₁- (to rub, turn; to drill, pierce), with an especially close cognate in Ancient Greek τορός (torós, piercing).[1][2][3]

Noun

թուր (tʿur)

  1. sword
    Synonyms: սուր (sur), սուսեր (suser)
    հարուած թրոյharuac tʿroysabre-cut, sword-cut
    թուր ի ձեռինtʿur i jeṙinsword in hand
    յիւր ապարանսն թուր շողացուցանելyiwr aparansn tʿur šołacʿucʿanelto boast one's prowess hiding at home
  2. (music) a kind of khaz
  3. (weaving) shuttle
    Synonym: կկոց (kkocʿ)
  4. swordfish

Declension

Derived terms

  • թրաթափ (tʿratʿapʿ)
  • թրածեծ (tʿracec)
  • կիսաթուր (kisatʿur)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 208–209
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 195
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), թուր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 275b

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), թուր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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