թիւր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեւր (tʿewr)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *tēkro-, a derivative of *tek- (to weave), whence also թեքեմ (tʿekʿem, to fashion, forge, make).[1][2]

Adjective

թիւր (tʿiwr)

  1. twisted, crooked, oblique, stunted
  2. erroneous, mistaken
  3. perverse, froward

Declension

Adverb

թիւր (tʿiwr)

  1. wrongfully, awry, obliquely; crookedly
    թիւր մեկնել, խօսելtʿiwr meknel, xōselto interpret malignantly, to misconstrue; to preach a perverse doctrine

Derived terms

  • անթիւր (antʿiwr)
  • անթիւրելի (antʿiwreli)
  • բազմաթիւր (bazmatʿiwr)
  • եղեռնաթիւր (ełeṙnatʿiwr)
  • թիւրաբան (tʿiwraban)
  • թիւրագոյն (tʿiwragoyn)
  • թիւրածնունդ (tʿiwracnund)
  • թիւրակից (tʿiwrakicʿ)
  • թիւրահաւատ (tʿiwrahawat)
  • թիւրաշարժ (tʿiwrašarž)
  • թիւրաշունչ (tʿiwrašunčʿ)
  • թիւրաշուրթն (tʿiwrašurtʿn)
  • թիւրասիրտ (tʿiwrasirt)
  • թիւրեմ (tʿiwrem)
  • թիւրընթաց (tʿiwrəntʿacʿ)
  • թիւրութիւն (tʿiwrutʿiwn)
  • խեղաթիւր (xełatʿiwr)
  • խեղաթիւրիմ (xełatʿiwrim)
  • խեղաթիւրութիւն (xełatʿiwrutʿiwn)
  • չարաթիւր (čʿaratʿiwr)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: թոյր (tʿoyr)
  • Armenian: թյուր (tʿyur) (learned)

References

  1. Walde, Alois (1930), Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 716
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959), tek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1058

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 187–188
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), թիւր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 268
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 63–64
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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