գերան

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գերան (geran).

Pronunciation

Noun

գերան (geran)

  1. beam, log
    Synonyms: (dialectal) դիրագ (dirag), (dialectal) կոնդ (kond)
    գերան գցել ճանապարհին՝ անիվի տակgeran gcʻel čanaparhin, anivi takto hinder, to impede, to obstruct
    գերան հաշվելgeran hašvelto lay around unemployed, idle, staring at the ceiling
    գյուղ կանգնի, գերան կկոտրիgyuġ kangni, geran kkotritogether anything is possible
    իր աչքի գերանը չտեսնել, ուրիշի շյուղը տեսնելir ačʻkʻi geranə čʻtesnel, uriši šyuġə tesnelto not see one's own deficiencies, but notice someone else's minor deficiencies

Declension

Descendants

  • Northern Kurdish: kêran
  • Turkish: keran

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wern-. Reshaped under the influence of the suffix -ան (-an).

Noun

գերան (geran)

  1. beam, log
  2. (meteorology) kind of meteorological phenomenon

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գերան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գերան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գերան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 208