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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)
- door, entrance; sluice
- դուռն մեծ ― duṙn mec ― portal
- արտաքին դրունք ― artakʻin drunkʻ ― porch, portico
- դրանց ի դուրս, դրանէ ի դուռն ― drancʻ i durs, dranē i duṙn ― from door to door
- դրօքն փակելովք ― drōkʻn pʻakelovkʻ ― with closed doors
- դուրք դրանն ― durkʻ drann ― the street door, the gate, portal
- ի դուրս ― i durs ― outside
- ի դուրս մերձեալ, եկեալ, հասեալ ― i durs merjeal, ekeal, haseal ― impending, very near
- առ դուռս մահու ― aṙ duṙs mahu ― at death's door
- դրունք դժոխաց ― drunkʻ džoxacʻ ― the gates of Hell
- ի դուրս կորզել ― i durs korzel ― to pull out, to extract
- pass, defile (in mountains)
- palace; the Court
- դուռն արքունի ― duṙn arkʻuni ― the Ottoman or Sublime Port; the Court
- դրան մարդիկ ― dran mardik ― the courtiers
- դրան երէց ― dran erēcʻ ― almoner, chaplain
- 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
n-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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դուռն (duṙn)
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դրունք (drunkʻ)
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| genitive
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դրան (dran)
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դրանց (drancʻ)
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| dative
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դրան (dran)
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դրանց (drancʻ)
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| accusative
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դուռն (duṙn)
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դրունս (druns)
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| ablative
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դրանէ (dranē)
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դրանց (drancʻ)
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| instrumental
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դրամբ (dramb)
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դրամբք (drambkʻ)
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| locative
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դրան (dran)
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դրունս (druns)
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| an alternative plural form is դուրք (durkʻ), which was used specifically to refer to outer doors
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (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 [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], 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