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Armenian
Etymology
Ultimately from Classical Persian گور (gōr).
Pronunciation
Noun
գյոռ • (gyoṙ) (dialectal)
- Muslim grave
1699,
Zakʻaria Sarkawag Kʻanakʻeṙcʻi,
Patmagrutʻiwn II.58:
[1][2]- եւ ՚ի նոյն ձմեռն սատակեցաւ եւ տարեալ գօռեցին․ եւ ՚ի նոյն գիշեր Գ տաճիկ հանին ՚ի գօռէն, եւ պատառեալ զպատանն՝ պատեցին ՚ի պարանոցն․ եւ սրեալ երկայն փայտ հաստ՝ եդին ՚ի նստոյ տեղն, եւ ցցեալ ՚ի վերայ գօռին, հատին եւ զերանն, եւ եդին ռեխն, եւ փախեան:
- […] ew ’i noyn jmeṙn satakecʻaw ew tareal gōṙecʻin; ew ’i noyn gišer G tačik hanin ’i gōṙēn, ew pataṙeal zpatann, patecʻin ’i paranocʻn; ew sreal erkayn pʻayt hast, edin ’i nstoy teġn, ew cʻcʻeal ’i veray gōṙin, hatin ew zerann, ew edin ṙexn, ew pʻaxean:
- Translation by George A. Bournoutian
- He croaked that same winter and they buried him. That evening, three Muslims took his body out of the grave, wound a torn shroud around his neck, tied him to a long, thick, and sharp stake; pushed the stake in the pit and fled.
- (derogatory, offensive) any grave
- Synonym: գերեզման (gerezman)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Zakʻaria Kʻanakʻeṙcʻi (1870) Zakʻareay Sarkawagi patmagrutʻiwn [Chronicle], volume II, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 120
- ^ Bournoutian, George A. (2004) The Chronicle of Deacon Zak‘aria of K‘anak‘eṛ (Armenian Studies Series; 6), Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, page 235
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 581b