գայռ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գայռ (gayṙ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գայռ (gayṙ)

  1. (archaic) foul-smelling mud, scum, mire, filth

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • գայռ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.[1] Ačarean rejects the similarity with Sogdian 𐫃𐫡𐫏𐫐 (gryk /⁠ɣrēk⁠/, earth, dust) from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (clay) as coincidental.[1]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weryo-, from *weh₁r- (water), whence for example Sanskrit वार् (vār, water).[2][3][4][5]

Noun[edit]

գայռ (gayṙ)

  1. mud, mire, filth; slough; vomit

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Armenian: գայռ (gayṙ), գոռ (goṙ)
  • Armenian: գայռ (gayṙ)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գայռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 513–514
  2. ^ Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 44
  3. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, pages 121–122
  4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 80
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գայռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 149a

Further reading[edit]

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