Թորոս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Թորոս (Tʻoros).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Թորոս • (Tʻoros)

  1. a male given name, Toros

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

A shortening of Թէոդորոս (Tʻēodoros, Theodore). In use since the 10th century. The name became especially common in the Cilician period. Transliterated as Tafroc by the Crusaders.[1]

Proper noun

Թորոս • (Tʻoros)

  1. a male given name, Toros, Thoros

Declension

Derived terms

  • Թորոսակ (Tʻorosak)
  • Թորիկ (Tʻorik), Թորիս (Tʻoris)

Descendants

  • Armenian: Թորոս (Tʻoros)
  • Polish: Torosowicz

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Թորոս”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 24) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 345
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