ասր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ասր (asr).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

ասր (asr)

  1. (archaic) cleaned white wool of a sheep, fine fleece

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The stem is ասու- (asu-), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (livestock).[1][2][3]

Noun[edit]

ասր (asr)

  1. fleece, wool

Usage notes[edit]

The word has two combining forms, the original ասու- (asu-) and later ասր- (asr-).

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ասր (asr)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ասր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 122

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ասր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy