մոր

From Old Armenian մոր (mor).

• մոռ (moṙ)

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [moɾ]

մոր • (mor)

1. blackberry (the fruit)
2. raspberry (the fruit of Rubus idaeus)
3. wild strawberry (the fruit of Fragaria vesca)

• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “մոր”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

From Middle Armenian մոր (mor).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [moɾ]

մոր • (mor)

1. (rare) Alternative form of մորմ (morm)

From Old Armenian մօր (mōr).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [moɾ]

մոր • (mor) (traditional orthography spelling մօր)

1. (dated) Synonym of ճահիճ (čahič)

• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “մոր”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

• մորմ (morm)
• մուր (mur)

According to Martirosyan, Middle Armenian մոր (mor) / մորմ (morm) reflects a Mediterranean substrate insect/bogey-name, found also in Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ), Μορμών (Mormṓn, “she-monster, bogey”) and Latin formido.

մոր • (mor)

1. tarantula, phalangium

• Armenian: մոր (mor)
• Georgian: მორიელი (morieli)

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “մոր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մոր”, 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
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 478

According to Martirosyan, we are dealing with a non-Indo-European substrate plant-name *mor-, *mōr-, *mur- (“mulberry; blackberry; tamarisk”) represented in Ancient Greek μόρον (móron), μορέα (moréa), Latin mōrum, mōrus, Welsh merwydden (“mulberry, blackberry”), Old Irish smér (“blackberry”), probably Hittite [script needed] (mu-uri-uš, “grape”), as well as in Caucasian (Chechen муьрг (mürg, “guelder rose, snowball-tree”), Lezgi мере (mere, “blackberry”)), Finno-Ugric (Finnish marja), and in Old Armenian *մոշ (*moš) from *mor-s-.

մոր • (mor)

1. blackberry (the fruit of bramble)

• մորենի (moreni)

• Armenian: մոր (mor)
• Middle Armenian: մորմ (morm), մորի (mori)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մոր”, 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
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 474