ուրու

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուրու (uru).

Pronunciation

Noun

ուրու • (uru)

  1. ghost

Declension

Derived terms

  • ուրվագիծ (urvagic)
  • ուրվագծել (urvagcel)
  • ուրվանկար (urvankar)

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Noun

ուրու • (uru)

  1. phantom, ghost

Declension

Derived terms

  • ուրուական (uruakan)
  • ուրուաձայն (uruajayn)
  • ուրուային (uruayin)
  • ուրուապաշտ (uruapašt)
  • ուրուապէս (uruapēs)
  • ուրուարար (uruarar)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ուրու (uru)

References

  1. Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (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

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