ասր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ասր (asr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ասր • (asr) (archaic)

  1. cleaned white wool of a sheep, fine fleece
    Synonym: բուրդ (burd)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The stem is ասու- (asu-), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (livestock).[1][2][3]

Noun

ասր • (asr)

  1. fleece, wool

Usage notes

The word has two combining forms, the original ասու- (asu-) and later ասր- (asr-).

Declension

Derived terms

  • ասուեայ (asueay)
  • ասուեղ (asueł)
  • ասուի (asui)
  • ասրաբեր (asraber)
  • ասրաբերութիւն (asraberutʻiwn)
  • ասրաբոյս (asraboys)
  • ասրագործ (asragorc)
  • ասրագործեմ (asragorcem)
  • ասրազգեաց (asrazgeacʻ)
  • ասրակերպ (asrakerp)
  • ասրակերտ (asrakert)
  • ասրավաճառ (asravačaṙ)
  • ասրատակ (asratak)
  • ասրատեսակ (asratesak)
  • ասրափայլ (asrapʻayl)
  • ասրափառ (asrapʻaṙ)
  • ասրաքատակ (asrakʻatak)
  • ասրեայ (asreay)
  • ասրեայ (asreay)
  • ասրեղէն (asrełēn)
  • ասրեղէն (asrełēn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ասր (asr) (learned)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 122

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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