տառ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tar"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian տառ (taṙ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [tɑr]
  • (file)

Noun

տառ (taṙ)

  1. letter (symbol in an alphabet)

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From տարր (tarr), by merging two r-s together.

Noun

տառ (taṙ)

  1. element
  2. letter, character
  3. letter, epistle
  4. book
    աստուածեղէն տառքastuacełēn taṙkʿthe Holy Scriptures
    մարգարէական տառքmargarēakan taṙkʿthe prophecies
    տառք կանոնականքtaṙkʿ kanonakankʿcanons, constitutions, statutes, written laws

Usage notes

In Old Armenian both տարր (tarr) and տառ (taṙ) had the meaning of (1) element and (2) letter. In modern literary Armenian the former is used only for element, the latter only for letter.

Declension

Derived terms

  • տառանամ (taṙanam)
  • տառատիպ (taṙatip)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), տառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), տառ”, 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
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