համր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian համր (hamr).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute person

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, silent), whence Persian خاموش (xâmuš).

Adjective

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute, tongue-tied
    համր ի ծնէhamr i cnēborn dumb, dumb from one's birth
    համր բնութիւնքhamr bnutʿiwnkʿbabies
    համր լինելhamr linelto be speechless

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

համր (hamr)

  1. mute; dumb person

Declension

Derived terms

  • համրանամ (hamranam)
  • համրացուցանեմ (hamracʿucʿanem)
  • համրիմ (hamrim)
  • համրութիւն (hamrutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), համր”, 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
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), համր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), համր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 382
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