ձառ

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian ձառ (jaṙ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ձառ • (jaṙ) (superlative ամենաձառ)

  1. (archaic) twisted, crooked
  2. (archaic) ugly
  3. (archaic) coarse, rough

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s- from *ǵʰers-.

Adjective

ձառ • (jaṙ)

  1. curved, ugly

Derived terms

  • ձառադէմ (jaṙadēm)
  • ձառմուկն (jaṙmukn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձառ (jaṙ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ձառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 146ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 200
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