ուրու

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուրու (uru).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ուրու (uru)

  1. ghost

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably an Iranian borrowing from the family of Persian روان (ravân, soul, spirit).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

ուրու (uru)

  1. phantom, ghost

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ուրու (uru)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tʿireakʿean, Yarutʿiwn (1906) Artašir Babakan. Karnamak (in Armenian), Paris: Basmaǰean Multilingual Press, page 70
  2. ^ Russell, James R. (1987) Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series; 5), Cambridge: Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, page 334

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ուրու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 617
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուրու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ուրու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy