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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ասորի (asori).
Pronunciation
Noun
ասորի • (asori)
- Syriac, Syrian (member of an ethnoreligious grouping indigenous to Syria and Mesopotamia, practicing various forms of Syriac Christianity and speaking Neo-Aramaic languages, historically also Classical Syriac; now variously self-identifying as Syriac, Aramean, Chaldean or Assyrian)
Declension
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Descendants
See also
Further reading
- Nierszesovicz, Deodatus (1695) “assiriacus”, in Dictionarium Latino-Armenum [Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 47a
- Rivola, Francesco (1633) “ասորի”, in Baṙagirkʻ hayocʻ [Dictionarium Armeno-Latinum], 2nd edition, Paris: Impensis Societatis Typographicae Librorum Officii Ecclesiastici, page 34, translated as assyrius, seu syrus
- Villotte, Jacques (1714) “assyrius”, in Dictionarium Novum Latino-Armenium [New Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 70a
Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian:[1][2] compare Parthian 𐭀𐭎𐭅𐭓 (ʾswr /Āsōr/). Ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr),
Noun
ասորի • (asori)
- Syriac, Syrian (member of an ethnoreligious grouping indigenous to Syria and Mesopotamia, practicing Syriac Christianity and speaking Classical Syriac)
5th century,
Bible,
Genesis 22.21:
[3]- զՈվքս զանդրանիկն նորա եւ զԲաւ զեղբայր նորա եւ զԿամուէլ հայր Ասորւոց
- zOvkʻs zandranikn nora ew zBaw zełbayr nora ew zKamuēl hayr Asorwocʻ
- Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
- Uz the first-born, and Baux his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1930) “Iranica”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 11, number 1, page 19 of 1–5
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 465b of 459–465
- ^ Zeytʻunyan A. S., editor (1985), Girkʻ cnndocʻ [Book of Genesis] (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 1), Yerevan: Academy Press, critical text, pages 240–241
Further reading
- Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Ասորիք”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy