նուռն
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /nuranti/, “pomegranate”), which is related to Hittite 𒉡𒊏𒋾 (/nurati-/), and Akkadian 𒉡𒊑𒅎𒁺 (nu-ri-im-du /nurimdu, nurimtu/, “pomegranate”), Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurma/), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurmû/, “pomegranate”). See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for another order of the consonants.
Noun
նուռն • (nuṙn)
- pomegranate fruit
- նռան ծաղիկ ― nṙan całik ― flower of wild pomegranate-tree
Declension
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n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | նուռն (nuṙn) | նռունք, նռնունք (nṙunkʻ, nṙnunkʻ) | |
| genitive | նռան (nṙan) | նռանց (nṙancʻ) | |
| dative | նռան (nṙan) | նռանց (nṙancʻ) | |
| accusative | նուռն (nuṙn) | նռունս, նռնունս (nṙuns, nṙnuns) | |
| ablative | նռանէ (nṙanē) | նռանց (nṙancʻ) | |
| instrumental | նռամբ (nṙamb) | նռամբք (nṙambkʻ) | |
| locative | նռան (nṙan) | նռունս, նռնունս (nṙuns, nṙnuns) | |
| The nominative plural նռնունք (nṙnunkʻ) is post-classical. | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: նուռ (nuṙ)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 426
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նուռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 574a
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy