տխուր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian տխուր (txur).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

տխուր (txur) (superlative ամենատխուր)

  1. sad, melancholy, sorrowful
    տխուր երգtxur ergsad song
  2. sad, cheerless, doleful, dismal

Declension[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

տխուր (txur)

  1. sadly, sorrowfully

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown.[1][2] The usual attempts to explain as տ- (t-, privative prefix) +‎ *խուր (*xur), the supposed root of ուրախ (urax), խրախ (xrax, happy),[3][4][5][6][7] should be discarded as the likely Iranian etymon of these words is incompatible with a hypothetical *խուր (*xur).[8] Pisani's alternative connection with Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkhá, sorrow) and derivation from Proto-Indo-European *duskhuro-[9] is likewise untenable.[10]

Adjective[edit]

տխուր (txur)

  1. sad
    տխուր տրտմութիւն գիշերոյնtxur trtmutʻiwn gišeroynthe thick darkness of the night
    լրջացուցանել զտխուր գիշերնlrǰacʻucʻanel ztxur gišernto dispel that horrible darkness

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: տխուր (txur)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տխուր”, 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 412a
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “տխուր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 731a
  3. ^ Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 70
  4. ^ Badrupanean (Patrubány), Ġukas (1908) “Stugabanakan hetazōtutʻiwnkʻ [Etymological Studies]”, in Handes Amsorya[1] (in Armenian), volume 22, numbers 4–5, page 153b
  5. ^ Meillet, Antoine (1936) Esquisse d’une grammaire comparée de l’arménien classique (in French), 2nd edition, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 200
  6. ^ Leroy, Maurice (1987) “Notules arméno-iraniennes”, in Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure[2] (in French), volume 41, page 248 of 117–125
  7. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 913
  8. ^ Viredaz, Rémy (2017) La dissimilation d'aperture vocalique en arménien (loi d'Olsen)[3] (in French), Handout of a paper presented at the 11th International Congress on Armenian Linguistics, Yerevan, 2‒5 October, 2017, page 26
  9. ^ Pisani, Vittore (1944) “Armenische Studien. I. Zur armenischen Etymologie”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung[4] (in German), volume 68, number 3/4, page 176 of 157–177
  10. ^ Hiersche, Rolf (1964) Untersuchungen zur Frage der Tenues aspiratae im Indogermanischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 248

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տխուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տխուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy