աղօրի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աղաւրի (aławri), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lh₁-tr-i(H)-eh₂-, from *h₂elh₁- (to grind), whence աղամ (ałam); cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλετρίς (aletrís).[1][2][3]

Noun

աղօրի • (ałōri)

  1. mill
    աղօրի ձեռացałōri jeṙacʻhand-mill
  2. female grinder (of corn)
  3. (anatomy) molar

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղորի (aġori), աղորիք (aġorikʻ)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫawri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 31

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղօրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղօրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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