ուրուր

Armenian

ուրուր

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ուրուր (urur).

Pronunciation

Noun

ուրուր (urur)

  1. kite, Milvus
    Synonyms: ցին (cʿin), (dialectal) չայլախ (čʿaylax)

Declension

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001), ուրուր”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ B. Tʿṙčʿunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 104, page 10

Middle Armenian

Etymology

A reduplicated formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ōr-. Cognate with Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (eagle), Old Armenian որոր (oror, gull), Proto-Slavic *orь̃lъ (eagle).[1]

Noun

ուրուր (urur)

  1. black kite, Milvus korschun

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ուրուր (urur)
  • Arabic: رورو (rūrū) (in the Arabic translation of Vardan Aygekcʿi)[2]

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), ուրուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 618ab
  2. Марр, Н. (1899) Сборники притч Вардана. Часть I. Исследование [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part I. Study], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 57

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