ձրի

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձրի (jri).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ձրի • (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitous
    Synonym: անվճար (anvčar)

Declension

Adverb

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ձրի • (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitously

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed in Armenian as ձիր (jir) + (-i) or inherited from Proto-Indo-European. For the semantics compare Latin gratis vs. gratia.

Noun

ձրի • (jri)

  1. gift, present
  2. favor

Declension

Adverb

ձրի • (jri)

  1. for nothing, gratis, free of cost, scot free, gratuitously
  2. in vain

Adjective

ձրի • (jri)

  1. gratuitous, voluntary, free

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձրի (jri) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 434
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