որմ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian որմ (orm).

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որմ (orm)

  1. (dated) wall

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sor-mo-, from *ser- (to bind, connect, tie, string together). The closest cognate is Ancient Greek ὅρμος (hórmos).

Noun[edit]

որմ (orm)

  1. wall, fence
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).1.4–5:[1]
      Երթայ խնդրէ որմ ինչ որ ընդ արեւելս հայի. եւ ի ծագել արեգականն բանան աչքն եւ մանկանայ։
      Ertʿay xndrē orm inčʿ or ənd arewels hayi. ew i cagel aregakann banan ačʿkʿn ew mankanay.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        It goes and finds a wall facing east; and when the sun rises, its eyes are opened and it becomes young.

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  • Armenian: որմ (orm), առորմի (aṙormi)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 86, 141

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “որմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “որմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 493