լոր
Armenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Armenian լոր (lor).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [lɔɾ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [lɔɾ]
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | լոր (lor) | լորեր (lorer) | ||
| dative | լորի (lori) | լորերի (loreri) | ||
| ablative | լորից (loricʿ) | լորերից (lorericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | լորով (lorov) | լորերով (lorerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | լորը/լորն (lorə/lorn) | լորերը/լորերն (lorerə/lorern) | ||
| dative | լորին (lorin) | լորերին (lorerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | լորս (lors) | լորերս (lorers) | ||
| dative | լորիս (loris) | լորերիս (loreris) | ||
| ablative | լորիցս (loricʿs) | լորերիցս (lorericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | լորովս (lorovs) | լորերովս (lorerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | լորդ (lord) | լորերդ (lorerd) | ||
| dative | լորիդ (lorid) | լորերիդ (lorerid) | ||
| ablative | լորիցդ (loricʿd) | լորերիցդ (lorericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | լորովդ (lorovd) | լորերովդ (lorerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- լորաճուռակ (loračuṙak)
- լորիկ (lorik)
Related terms
- լորամարգ (loramarg)
Descendants
- → Northern Kurdish: lûr
References
- Orbeli, I. A. (2002), “լո̈ւր”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1) (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 239
- Łazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001), “լոր”, 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, § 169, page 14
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.
Often connected with Ancient Greek λάρος (láros), λαρίς (larís, “a ravenous sea-bird”) and both considered either Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias based on the verb "to shriek, cry out" (compare Latin lamentum) or borrowings from a "Mediterranean substrate". Greppin considers these proposals difficult, because the quail's voice at the most could be considered chattering and because of the semantic difficulty of relating an unappetizing sea bird with the commonly eaten field bird.
Note that the compound լորամարգ (loramarg, “a quail-like bird”) contains as its second component a reflex of Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“hen, bird”), which was not used in Armenian independently but is present in another compound, սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), wholly borrowed from Iranian. Therefore, լորամարգ (loramarg) may also be wholly borrowed from an unidentified Iranian compound, with լոր (lor) reflecting the simplex of that Iranian word. In this respect compare Classical Persian لارون (lārōn), لارده (lârda), لاروده (lâruda), لاروره (lârura, “quail”),[1][2][3] known to Ačaṙyan but who considers the similarity accidental.
Declension
References
- Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829), “լարուն”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 162a
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “لارده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1111
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “لاروده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1111
- Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “լոր”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 536b
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 297–298
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 79–82
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “լոր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 301a
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 312
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 650
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy