գայռ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գայռ (gayṙ).

Pronunciation

Noun

գայռ (gayṙ)

  1. (archaic) foul-smelling mud, scum, mire, filth

Declension

Further reading

  • գայռ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1] Ačarean rejects the similarity with Sogdian 𐫃𐫡𐫏𐫐 (gryk /ɣrēk/, earth, dust) from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (clay) as coincidental.[1]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weryo-, from *weh₁r- (water), whence for example Sanskrit वार् (vār, water).[2][3][4][5]

Noun

գայռ (gayṙ)

  1. mud, mire, filth; slough; vomit

Declension

Synonyms

  • ցեխ (cʿex), տիղմ (tiłm), աղբ (ałb), կեղտ (kełt)
  • (vomit): փսխունք (pʿsxunkʿ)

Derived terms

  • անզգայռեմ (anzgayṙem)
  • գայռալիր (gayṙalir)
  • գայռանոց (gayṙanocʿ)
  • գայռեմ (gayṙem)
  • գայռիմ (gayṙim)
  • գեռաթաթախ (geṙatʿatʿax)
  • զգայռ (zgayṙ)
  • զգայռեմ (zgayṙem)
  • զգայռիմ (zgayṙim)
  • զգայռութիւն (zgayṙutʿiwn)
  • զգայռումն (zgayṙumn)
  • զգառիմ (zgaṙim)
  • զգեռ (zgeṙ)
  • զգեռեմ (zgeṙem)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), գայռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 513–514
  2. Scheftelowitz, J. (1905), “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 44
  3. Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, pages 121–122
  4. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 80
  5. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), գայռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 149a

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գայռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գայռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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