քէմէր

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كمر (kemer, girdle, belt; arch, vault), itself from Persian کمر (kamar, girdle, belt; arch vault). Doublet of կամար (kamar) and քամար (kʻamar).

Pronunciation

Noun

քէմէր • (kʻēmēr) (dialectal, traditional orthography)

  1. girdle, belt
    Synonyms: գոտի (goti), (dialectal) ղայիշ (ġayiš)
  2. arc, arch, vault
    Synonym: կամար (kamar)

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քէմէր”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “քէմէր”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 677b
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