շառ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

ّFrom Middle Armenian շառ (šaṙ), ultimately from Arabic شَرّ‎ (šarr).

Noun

շառ • (šaṙ) (dialectal)

  1. misfortune, calamity, bad luck, dangerous situation
    շառով տալ ― šaṙov tal ― to put someone in a bad situation, to cause someone misfortune; to slander
    շառ գցել/սարքել ― šaṙ gcʿel/sarkʿel ― to put someone in a bad situation, to cause someone misfortune; to slander
    շառով ընկնել ― šaṙov ənknel ― to experience a misfortune, to get into a bad situation; to be slandered
    շառի մեջ գցել ― šaṙi meǰ gcʿel ― to put someone in a bad situation, to cause someone misfortune
    շառի ման գալ ― šaṙi man gal ― to look for trouble
    Synonym: փորձանք (pʿorjankʿ)
  2. slander, defamation, calumny
    Synonym: զրպարտություն (zrpartutʿyun)
Declension

Adjective

շառ • (šaṙ) (superlative ամենաշառ) (dialectal)

  1. causing misfortune
  2. ominous, foreboding, ill-omened
Declension

Derived terms

  • անշառ (anšaṙ)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from շառագույն (šaṙaguyn).

Adjective

շառ • (šaṙ) (superlative ամենաշառ) (poetic, rare)

  1. dark red, blood red
    Synonym: շառագույն (šaṙaguyn)
Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “շառ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “շառ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • “շառ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “շառ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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