ազդր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ազդր (azdr)

Pronunciation

Noun

ազդր (azdr)

  1. thigh; hip

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աստր (astr)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

According to some, inherited from Proto-Indo-European via pre-Armenian *azgdʰ-, and cognate with Sanskrit सक्थि (sákthi, thigh, thigh-bone), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬌 (haxti, thigh), Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, hip-joint).

Others compare to Ancient Greek ὀσφῦς (osphûs, loins, lower part of the back) and derive both from *h₃ésth₁ (bone) grown with the determinative *-dʰ-. Alternatively, both may derive from a Mediterranean–Pontic substrate word.

Noun

ազդր (azdr)

  1. thigh
  2. back, dorsum
  3. shoulder-blade

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ազդերանք (azderankʿ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ազդր (azdr)

References

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ազդր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ազդր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899), “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 47 of 41–50
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “azdr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 10
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ազդր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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