թուր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թուր (tʻur).

Pronunciation

Noun

թուր • (tʻur)

  1. sword

Declension

Derived terms

  • թրաձեւ (tʻrajew)
  • թրաձուկ (tʻrajuk)
  • թրավոր (tʻravor)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թոյր (tʻoyr)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tōrh₁-, from *terh₁- (to rub, turn; to drill, pierce), with an especially close cognate in Ancient Greek τορός (torós, piercing).[1][2][3]

Noun

թուր • (tʻur)

  1. sword
    Synonyms: սուր (sur), սուսեր (suser), խադ (xad)
    հարուած թրոյharuac tʻroysabre-cut, sword-cut
    թուր ի ձեռինtʻur i jeṙinsword in hand
    յիւր ապարանսն թուր շողացուցանելyiwr aparansn tʻur šołacʻucʻanelto boast one's prowess hiding at home
  2. (music) a kind of khaz
  3. (weaving) shuttle
    Synonym: կկոց (kkocʻ)
  4. swordfish

Declension

Derived terms

  • թրաթափ (tʻratʻapʻ)
  • թրածեծ (tʻracec)
  • կիսաթուր (kisatʻur)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թուր (tʻur)
  • Chechen: тур (tur) (possibly)
  • Bats: თურ (tur) (possibly)
  • Rutul: тур (possibly)
  • Lak: тур (tur) (possibly)
  • Aghul: тур (tur) (possibly)
  • Khvarshi: тыр (tɨr) (possibly)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 208–209
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 195
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թուր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 275b

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “թուր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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