ձրի

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձրի (jri).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ձրի (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitous
    Synonym: անվճար (anvčar)

Declension

Adverb

ձրի (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitously

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed in Armenian as ձիր (jir) + (-i) or inherited from Proto-Indo-European. For the semantics compare Latin gratis vs. gratia.

Noun

ձրի (jri)

  1. gift, present
  2. favor

Declension

Adverb

ձրի (jri)

  1. for nothing, gratis, free of cost, scot free, gratuitously
  2. in vain

Adjective

ձրի (jri)

  1. gratuitous, voluntary, free

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձրի (jri) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ձրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ձրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ձիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 434
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