ջրհոր

Armenian

ջրհոր

Etymology

From Old Armenian ջրհոր (ǰrhor); see below.

Pronunciation

Noun

ջրհոր • (ǰrhor)

  1. well (hole sunk into the ground as a source of water)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

ջուր (ǰur) + հոր (hor)

Noun

ջրհոր • (ǰrhor)

  1. well
    ջրհոր արդեզեանǰrhor ardezeanArtesian-well
    ջրհոր ծծիչǰrhor ccičʻabsorbing or draining well, bog, cesspool
  2. cistern

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ջրհոր (ǰrhor)
  • Georgian: ჯურღმული (ǯurɣmuli)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջրհոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ջուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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