համր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian համր (hamr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute
    Synonym: լալ (lal)
  2. silent, without sound
    համր կինոhamr kinosilent film

Declension

Noun

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute person

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, silent), whence Persian خاموش (xâmuš).

Adjective

համր (hamr)

  1. dumb, speechless, mute, tongue-tied
    համր ի ծնէhamr i cnēborn dumb, dumb from one's birth
    համր բնութիւնքhamr bnutʿiwnkʿbabies
    համր լինելhamr linelto be speechless

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

համր (hamr)

  1. mute; dumb person

Declension

Derived terms

  • համրանամ (hamranam)
  • համրացուցանեմ (hamracʿucʿanem)
  • համրիմ (hamrim)
  • համրութիւն (hamrutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: համր (hamr) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), համր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), համր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), համր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 382
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