փոթոր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian փոթոր (pʿotʿor).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

փոթոր (pʿotʿor) (Ganja)

  1. conical, cone-shaped
    Synonym: կոնաձեւ (konajew)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2012), “փոթոր”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 7, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 12a

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From փոթ (pʿotʿ) +‎ -որ (-or). According to Ačaṙyan, the basic meaning is "winding, twisted".

Adjective[edit]

փոթոր (pʿotʿor)

  1. conical, cone-shaped
    • second half of 5th century or 6th century, Girkʿ Pitoyicʿ [Book of Chries] , (as quoted in the Armenian–Latin dictionary of Stefanus Roszka):[1]
      Հեղգն որպէս փոթոր՝ եթէ ոչ բախի, ոչ շարժի
      Hełgn orpēs pʿotʿor, etʿē očʿ baxi, očʿ šarži
    • Vasn hamocʿ [On tastes] :[2][3]
      Յայտնին՝ Է։ Ա. փոթոր (var. փոթոթն), Բ. թըթու, Գ. քաղցր []
      Yaytnin, Ē. A. pʿotʿor (var. pʿotʿotʿn), B. tʿətʿu, G. kʿałcʿr []

Usage notes[edit]

The second edition of Aṙjeṙn baṙaran alternatively glosses the word with "spinning top".

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “փոթոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 945a
  2. ^ Mayr cʿucʿak hayerēn jeṙagracʿ Maštocʿi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran]‎[1] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Magaġatʿ, 2007, § 745, column 589
  3. ^ Mayr cʿucʿak hayerēn jeṙagracʿ Maštocʿi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran]‎[2] (in Armenian), volume X, Yerevan: Nairi, 2019, § 3071, column 327

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) “փոթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 510a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1846) “փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[3] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 764a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 811b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “փոթոր”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1434b
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “փոթոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy