լիսեռն

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps connected with սեռն (seṙn, axle), which is a Semitic borrowing.

Noun

լիսեռն (liseṙn)

  1. (anatomy) shinbone, tibia
  2. (anatomy) vertebra
  3. (anatomy) kneecap
  4. spindle whorl

Declension

Derived terms

  • լիսեռնաձեւ (liseṙnajew)
  • լիսեռնիկ (liseṙnik)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: լսեռ (lseṙ)
  • Armenian: լիսեռ (liseṙ), լսառ (lsaṙ)
    • Turkish: liser, lizar

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), լիսեռն”, 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, page 285ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լիսեռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 89–90
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892), “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 46, pages 249–250
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 444, suspects an Urartian origin
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), լիսեռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 298a
  • Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, page 131
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), լիսեռն”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 260–261
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լիսեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.