անուր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անուր (anur).

Pronunciation

Noun

անուր • (anur)

  1. collar (for animals)
  2. (figuratively) oppression, yoke

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁(e)h₂no- + -ուր (-ur) and cognate with Latin anus, Old Irish áinne (Irish fáinne). According to Martirosyan, we may be dealing with a substrate word.

Ałayan derives from earlier *անդուր (*andur) (compare անդրակ (andrak)), from Proto-Indo-European *əndorō, grown from the root *i-n-dro/*endro, a by-form of *oid- (to swell), whence այտնում (aytnum), with a sense development “to swell, swelling” → “round” → “ring”, but this is considered untenable by Martirosyan. Ałayan also connects անդրուար (andruar).

Noun

անուր • (anur)

  1. ring; collar; necklace
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 40.26:[1]
      Եթէ կապիցե՞ս անուր ի քիթս նորա․ անցուցանիցե՞ս դանդանաւանդ ընդ կզակս նորա։
      Etʻē kapicʻe?s anur i kʻitʻs nora; ancʻucʻanicʻe?s dandanawand ənd kzaks nora.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        Will you attach a ring in its snout? Will you pass a bit through its chin?
  2. collar of the pillory
  3. (figuratively) oppression, yoke

Usage notes

In Job, translates Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos).

Declension

Derived terms

  • անդրակ (andrak)
  • անրակ (anrak)
  • անրապատ (anrapat)
  • անրափակեալ (anrapʻakeal)
  • ծանրանուր (canranur)

Descendants

  • Armenian: անուր (anur)

References

  1. Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 20–22
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “anur”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 97
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