նուռն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /nuranti/, pomegranate), which is related to Hittite 𒉡𒊏𒋾 (/nurati-/), and Akkadian 𒉡𒊑𒅎𒁺 (nu-ri-im-du /nurimdu, nurimtu/, pomegranate), Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurma/), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurmû/, pomegranate). See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for another order of the consonants.

Noun

նուռն (nuṙn)

  1. pomegranate fruit
    նռան ծաղիկnṙan całikflower of wild pomegranate-tree

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), նուռն”, 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
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 426
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), նուռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 574a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), նուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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