պորտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian պորտ (port).

Pronunciation

Noun

պորտ • (port)

  1. navel
  2. (by extension) belly
  3. (figuratively) generation, descent

Declension

Derived terms

  • պարտավեր (partaver)
  • պորտաբաց (portabacʿ)
  • պորտալար (portalar)
  • պորտակտրի (portaktri)
  • պորտապար (portapar)
  • պորտաքաշի (portakʿaši)
  • պորտիդուրս (portidurs)
  • պորտիկ (portik)
  • պորտիվայր (portivayr)
  • պորտոնի (portoni)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Proto-Slavic *bedro (“thigh”) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *bod-ro-, from *bed- (“to swell (?)”), but the meanings do not match.[1][2][3][4]

Probably connected with Aramaic פרת‎ (prt), פרתא‎ (prtʾ, “navel”),[5] which is possibly from the root פ־ר־ת‎ (p-r-t, “to pierce; to split”)[6].

Noun

պորտ • (port)

  1. navel
    պորտ ի վեր, պորտ յորսայս ― port i ver, port yorsays ― supinely, with one's face upward
  2. (by extension) belly
    պորտոյ ծառայ ― portoy caṙay ― slave to one's belly, gourmand, greedy-gut
    Synonyms: որովայն (orovayn), փոր (pʿor)
  3. (figuratively) middle, centre
  4. (figuratively, architecture) keystone of an arch
  5. (figuratively) generation, descent

Declension

Derived terms

  • աստուածապորտ (astuacaport)
  • դատարկապորտ (datarkaport)
  • թանձրապորտ (tʿanjraport)
  • մշկապորտ (mškaport)
  • պորտաբոյծ (portaboyc)
  • պորտապարար (portaparar)
  • պորտիվեր (portiver)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պորտ (port)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պորտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 101
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
  3. 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, page 942
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “պորտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 642
  5. “prt3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  6. “prt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “պորտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 660a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պորտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 617a
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