դուռն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰúr-m̥ or *dʰwor-m̥, accusative of *dʰw(o)r-, *dʰwer- (door). See also դրոյլ (droyl). The plural form դուրք (durkʻ) may go back to the old dual.

Noun

դուռն (duṙn)

  1. door, entrance; sluice
    դուռն մեծduṙn mecportal
    արտաքին դրունքartakʻin drunkʻporch, portico
    դրանց ի դուրս, դրանէ ի դուռնdrancʻ i durs, dranē i duṙnfrom door to door
    դրօքն փակելովքdrōkʻn pʻakelovkʻwith closed doors
    դուրք դրաննdurkʻ drannthe street door, the gate, portal
    ի դուրսi dursoutside
    ի դուրս մերձեալ, եկեալ, հասեալi durs merjeal, ekeal, hasealimpending, very near
    առ դուռս մահուaṙ duṙs mahuat death's door
    դրունք դժոխացdrunkʻ džoxacʻthe gates of Hell
    ի դուրս կորզելi durs korzelto pull out, to extract
  2. pass, defile (in mountains)
  3. palace; the Court
    դուռն արքունիduṙn arkʻunithe Ottoman or Sublime Port; the Court
    դրան մարդիկdran mardikthe courtiers
    դրան երէցdran erēcʻalmoner, chaplain
  4. retinue

Usage notes

  • The word has the following combining forms: դռն- (dṙn-), դր- (dr-), -դուռն (-duṙn).
  • The word դուռն (duṙn, door) had two plural forms: դրունք (drunkʻ) and դուրք (durkʻ). The latter was usually used for outer doors.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դուռ (duṙ), դուրս (durs)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դուռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 244