համր

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian համր (hamr).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute person

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, silent), whence Persian خاموش (xâmuš).

Adjective

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute, tongue-tied
    համր ի ծնէhamr i cnēborn dumb, dumb from one's birth
    համր բնութիւնքhamr bnutʻiwnkʻbabies
    համր լինելhamr linelto be speechless

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

համր (hamr)

  1. mute; dumb person

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Armenian: համր (hamr)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “համր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “համր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 382