ֆանար

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فنر (fener). Later reinforced by Russian фона́рь (fonárʹ). Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Pronunciation

Noun

ֆանար (fanar) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. lantern, lamp
    Synonym: լապտեր (lapter)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 64:[1]
      ֆէնէռ․ ֆէռալէ
      fēnēṙ; fēṙalē
      ֆէնէռ (fēnēṙ) = feràl

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ֆենեռ (feneṙ), ֆա̈նա̈ր (fänär), ֆանառ (fanaṙ), փանառ (pʿanaṙ), փանար (pʿanar), փա̈նա̈ր (pʿänär)
  • ֆէնէռ (fēnēṙ) traditional orthography spelling

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 248

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), ֆէնէռ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 373
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), ֆանար”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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