փոթոր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փոթոր (pʿotʿor).

Pronunciation

Adjective

փոթոր (pʿotʿor) (Ganja)

  1. conical, cone-shaped
    Synonym: կոնաձեւ (konajew)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: پوتور (potur), پوطور (potur), پتور (potur), پطور (potur), پوتر (potur), پوطر (potur)
    • Turkish: potur
    • Egyptian Arabic: بطر (buṭr)
    • Armenian: փօթուր (pʿōtʿur)
    • Bulgarian: потурна́к (poturnák)
    • Macedonian: потур (potur), потурнак (poturnak), потурјак (poturjak)
    • Romanian: poturi
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: по̀тур
      Latin: pòtur

References

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2012), փոթոր”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 7, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 12a

Old Armenian

Etymology

From փոթ (pʿotʿ) + -որ (-or). According to Ačaṙyan, the basic meaning is "winding, twisted".

Adjective

փոթոր (pʿotʿor)

  1. conical, cone-shaped
    • second half of 5th century or 6th century, Girkʿ Pitoyicʿ [Book of Chries] , (as quoted in the Armenian–Latin dictionary of Stefanus Roszka):[1]
      Հեղգն որպէս փոթոր՝ եթէ ոչ բախի, ոչ շարժի
      Hełgn orpēs pʿotʿor, etʿē očʿ baxi, očʿ šarži
    • Vasn hamocʿ [On tastes] :[2][3]
      Յայտնին՝ Է։ Ա. փոթոր (var. փոթոթն), Բ. թըթու, Գ. քաղցր []
      Yaytnin, Ē. A. pʿotʿor (var. pʿotʿotʿn), B. tʿətʿu, G. kʿałcʿr []

Usage notes

The second edition of Aṙjeṙn baṙaran alternatively glosses the word with "spinning top".

Derived terms

  • փոթորակ (pʿotʿorak)
  • փոթորեմ (pʿotʿorem)
  • փոթորիկ (pʿotʿorik)
  • փոթորուն (pʿotʿorun)

Descendants

References

  1. Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), փոթոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 945a
  2. Mayr cʿucʿak hayerēn jeṙagracʿ Maštocʿi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Magałatʿ, 2007, § 745, column 589
  3. Mayr cʿucʿak hayerēn jeṙagracʿ Maštocʿi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran] (in Armenian), volume X, Yerevan: Nairi, 2019, § 3071, column 327

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փոթ”, 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 510a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1846), փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 764a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 811b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), փոթոր”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1434b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փոթոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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