հուր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հուր (hur).

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Noun[edit]

հուր (hur) (somewhat formal)

  1. fire
    Synonym: կրակ (krak)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *puh₂r-, from *péh₂wr̥.

The sense “pyramidal” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís), which was mistakenly understood to be from πῦρ (pûr, fire)

Noun[edit]

հուր (hur)

  1. fire
    հուրն անշէջhurn anšēǰhell, hellfire
    շրջմոլիկ հուրšrǰmolik hurnight-fire, Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-o'-lantern, ignis fatuus
    հուր արկանել, վառելhur arkanel, vaṙelto set on fire, to light, to kindle, to make a fire
    հուր հարկանել, արկանել, տալ, հրով/հուրբ դատելhur harkanel, arkanel, tal, hrov/hurb datelto set fire to, to burn, to set on fire, to inflame, etc.
    ի հուր եւ ի սուր սպառել, մաշել զամենայնi hur ew i sur spaṙel, mašel zamenaynto put every thing to fire and sword, to destroy by burning; to chastise with fire and sword, to punish severely
    ի հուր այրիլ, տոչորիլi hur ayril, točʻorilto be burnt, consumed by fire
    իւղ արկանել զհրովiwł arkanel zhrovto add fuel to the flames
    հուր առնուլhur aṙnulto catch or take fire, to fire or blaze up
    չառնուլ հուրčʻaṙnul hurto miss fire
    հուր վարեալ բորբոքէր ի Գաղղիաhur vareal borbokʻēr i Gałłiaall France was on fire, all in a blaze
    ի հո՛ւր, ի հո՛ւր, հուր հարաւ զտանէi húr, i húr, hur haraw ztanēfire! fire! the house is on fire!
    առ սէր քո տայր զինքն/մատնէր զանձն եւ ի հուրaṙ sēr kʻo tayr zinkʻn/matnēr zanjn ew i hurhe would go through fire and water for your sake
  2. (figuratively) fire, heat, spirit, ardour
  3. (figuratively) passion, love, flame
  4. (as an adjective) fiery, igneous
  5. (as an adjective) pyramidal

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  • Armenian: հուր (hur)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 97
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 426
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 9
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy