անթայր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անթայր (antʻayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

անթայր • (antʻayr)

  1. (dated) anthrax

Declension

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “անթայր”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Etymology

Martirosyan reconstructs *անթարի (*antʻari) and connects the word with Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, charcoal) as Mediterranean substrate words. See also անթեղ (antʻeł).

Noun

անթայր • (antʻayr)

  1. spark
  2. anthrax

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: անթայր (antʻayr) (learned)

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*ant‘a(y)r-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 85
  • Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “անթայր”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “անթայր”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անթայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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