դանդուռ

• տա̈՛նդօ̈ռ (tä́ndöṙ), տա̈՛նդօ̈ռնը (tä́ndöṙnə), տա̈՛նդո̈ւռ (tä́ndüṙ), տա̈՛նդո̈ւռնը (tä́ndüṙnə) — Karabakh, dialectological notation[1]

A dialectal term, unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. The earliest attestation is in Vilotte's Latin–Armenian dictionary of 1714.[2] Recorded inter alia in the dialects of Yerevan, Tiflis and Karabakh, in the latter also as տա̈՛նդօ̈ռնը (tä́ndöṙnə), which may point to older *դանդուռն (*danduṙn).[3] Ačaṙean compares with Mush dialect տանդռնիկ (tandṙnik, “a kind of wild edible green”) and Yerevan dialect դանդռի ծաղիկ (dandṙi caġik, “a kind of garden flower”).[3] The plant name թանթռնիկ (tʻantʻṙnik) is probably the same word with the diminutive suffix -իկ (-ik), reflecting a Western dialect pronunciation.

The origin is unknown. Obviously connected with synonymous Georgian დანდური (danduri), Ingiloy dialect დანდრანუკა (dandranuḳa), Udi тӏаьнтӏоьр (ṭänṭör), the latter probably borrowed from the Karabakh dialect. Compare further Pashto تندولی (tandólaj, “purslane”).

According to Asatrian, who does not cite the related forms in other languages, probably a substrate term (from Hurrian?), as the ending -ուռ (-uṙ) shows; compare Hurrian -uri, -ori, attested in Old Armenian խնձոր (xnjor, “apple”) and սալոր (salor, “plum”).[4]

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [dɑndúr]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [tʰɑntʰúr]

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դանդուռ • (danduṙ)

1. purslane, Portulaca[5]
   1. common purslane, Portulaca oleracea[6]
2. (Karabakh, figuratively) something soft and tender

   տա̈՛նդօ̈ռ շինիլ ― tä́ndöṙ šinil ― to subdue, tame

   տա̈՛նդօ̈ռ տը^էռնալ ― tä́ndöṙ tə^ēṙnal ― to become subdued, tamed

• փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem), փարփինա (pʻarpʻina), փառփառ (pʻaṙpʻaṙ), փերփեր (pʻerpʻer), անմեռուկ (anmeṙuk), նապաստակի պաշար (napastaki pašar), անդրաքնե (andrakʻne), մուկտավ (muktav), ղրֆա (ġrfa), խոճկորակ (xočkorak)

• դանդուռենի (danduṙeni)