համր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian համր (hamr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

համր • (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute
    Synonym: լալ (lal)
  2. silent, without sound
    համր կինոhamr kinosilent film

Declension

Noun

համր • (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute person

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, silent), whence Persian خاموش (xâmuš).

Adjective

համր • (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute, tongue-tied
    համր ի ծնէhamr i cnēborn dumb, dumb from one's birth
    համր բնութիւնքhamr bnutʻiwnkʻbabies
    համր լինելhamr linelto be speechless

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

համր • (hamr)

  1. mute; dumb person

Declension

Derived terms

  • համրանամ (hamranam)
  • համրացուցանեմ (hamracʻucʻanem)
  • համրիմ (hamrim)
  • համրութիւն (hamrutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: համր (hamr) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “համր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “համր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 382
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