անարի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian անարի (anari); see it for more.

Adjective

անարի (anari) (superlative ամենաանարի)

  1. cowardly, not courageous
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Etymology 2

From Old Armenian անարի (anari); see it for more.

Noun

անարի (anari)

  1. (historical) non-Aryan, non-Iranian
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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From ան- (an-) + արի (ari).

Adjective

անարի (anari)

  1. weak, feeble, unmanly, timid, pusillanimous, cowardly

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Etymology 2

From Parthian *𐭀𐭍𐭀𐭓𐭉 (*ʾnʾry /anari/, non-Aryan) (attested in 𐭀𐭍𐭀𐭓𐭉𐭀𐭍 (ʾnʾryʾn /anaryān/)). Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾnyʿʾn /anērān/) and see there for more.

For the development of the sense “gigantic, enormous, monstrous” recall that foreign nations are often considered “barbarian, strange”. Alternatively, the sense “gigantic, enormous, monstrous” can be formed in Armenian as ան- (an-) + ար- (ar-, to make, to fit) + (-i) and basically mean “unshaped, deformed”.

Noun

անարի (anari)

  1. non-Aryan, non-Iranian
  2. gigantic, enormous, monstrous

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anari”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 69
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