կլոր

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A dialectal word which has also entered the literary language. The origin is uncertain. Recorded in Middle Armenian as կլուր (klur), կլոր-ակ (klor-ak), կլօր-ակ (klōr-ak).

Ačaṙean identifies with Old Armenian գլոր (glor, rolling). This is rejected by J̌ahukyan — because the dialectal forms point to Old Armenian *կլոր (*klor) with a կ- (k-) — who derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *gōl- (in case of կոլոր (kolor) from *gol-), from the root *gel- (to press into a ball, be pressed into a ball; round), + -որ (-or), whence e.g. Sanskrit गुल (gula, any small globular substance), ग्लौ (glau, round lump). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian. J̌ahukyan adduces also dialectal կլիկ (klik), կլոք (klokʻ), կղակ (kġak), կղան (kġan) as the reflexes of the same root.

Cabolov compares with Northern Kurdish gilor, gulor (round).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կլոր • (klor) (superlative ամենակլոր)

  1. spherical, ball-shaped
  2. round

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կլոր”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 575a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 555a
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 402
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1972) Hay barbaṙagitutʻyan neracutʻyun [Introduction into Armenian Dialectology] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 287–288
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 124, 275
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1990) “Hayereni anhayt cagman baṙarmatnerə [The Armenian Word Roots of Unknown Origin]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), number 2, page 66
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 366
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 357ff
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