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Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
The origin is unknown. The same root is found as the second component of classical Old Armenian անդորր (andorr), անդոյր (andoyr). For the relationship of the senses "flat" and "easy" compare հեշտ (hešt, “easy”) and dialectal հեշտրան (heštran, “flat; calm, easy”).
Noun
դիւր • (diwr)
- plain; flat ground
- ի դիւրի, ի դիւրոջ ― i diwri, i diwroǰ ― in a plain
- ease; contentment; convenience
- դիւր առնել ― diwr aṙnel ― to facilitate; to relieve; to give convenience
- ըստ անձին / ըստ մտոց դիւրի ― əst anjin / əst mtocʻ diwri ― at his ease, as he likes
Declension
Adjective
դիւր • (diwr)
- flat, level
- easy, convenient; pleasant
- ի դիւրի, ի դիւրոջ լինել ― i diwri, i diwroǰ linel ― to live comfortably
Declension
Adverb
դիւր • (diwr)
- easily
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիւր”, 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, pages 671–672
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 962
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “դիւր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 200a
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “դիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 629bc
- Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “դիւր”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 374a
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 145b