անուր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անուր (anur).

Pronunciation

Noun

անուր (anur)

  1. collar (for animals)
  2. (figuratively) oppression, yoke

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁(e)h₂no- + -ուր (-ur) and cognate with Latin anus, Old Irish áinne (Irish fáinne). According to Martirosyan, we may be dealing with a substrate word.

Ałayan derives from earlier *անդուր (*andur) (compare անդրակ (andrak)), from Proto-Indo-European *əndorō, grown from the root *i-n-dro/*endro, a by-form of *oid- (to swell), whence այտնում (aytnum), with a sense development “to swell, swelling” → “round” → “ring”, but this is considered untenable by Martirosyan. Ałayan also connects անդրուար (andruar).

Noun

անուր (anur)

  1. ring; collar; necklace
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 40.26:[1]
      Եթէ կապիցե՞ս անուր ի քիթս նորա․ անցուցանիցե՞ս դանդանաւանդ ընդ կզակս նորա։
      Etʿē kapicʿe?s anur i kʿitʿs nora; ancʿucʿanicʿe?s dandanawand ənd kzaks nora.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        Will you attach a ring in its snout? Will you pass a bit through its chin?
  2. collar of the pillory
  3. (figuratively) oppression, yoke

Usage notes

In Job, translates Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos).

Declension

Derived terms

  • անդրակ (andrak)
  • անրակ (anrak)
  • անրապատ (anrapat)
  • անրափակեալ (anrapʿakeal)
  • ծանրանուր (canranur)

Descendants

  • Armenian: անուր (anur)

References

  1. Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 20–22
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anur”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 97
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