եզր

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See also: Եզր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian եզր (ezr).

Pronunciation

Noun

եզր (ezr)

  1. bank; shore
  2. border, edge; brink; extremity
  3. skirt, flap, lap, hem
  4. border, boundary, limit
  5. rib
  6. conclusion, finding; deduction
  7. term (word or phrase from a specialised area of knowledge)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative եզր (ezr) եզրեր (ezrer)
dative եզրի (ezri) եզրերի (ezreri)
ablative եզրից (ezricʻ) եզրերից (ezrericʻ)
instrumental եզրով (ezrov) եզրերով (ezrerov)
locative եզրում (ezrum) եզրերում (ezrerum)
definite forms
nominative եզրը/եզրն (ezrə/ezrn) եզրերը/եզրերն (ezrerə/ezrern)
dative եզրին (ezrin) եզրերին (ezrerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative եզրս (ezrs) եզրերս (ezrers)
dative եզրիս (ezris) եզրերիս (ezreris)
ablative եզրիցս (ezricʻs) եզրերիցս (ezrericʻs)
instrumental եզրովս (ezrovs) եզրերովս (ezrerovs)
locative եզրումս (ezrums) եզրերումս (ezrerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative եզրդ (ezrd) եզրերդ (ezrerd)
dative եզրիդ (ezrid) եզրերիդ (ezrerid)
ablative եզրիցդ (ezricʻd) եզրերիցդ (ezrericʻd)
instrumental եզրովդ (ezrovd) եզրերովդ (ezrerovd)
locative եզրումդ (ezrumd) եզրերումդ (ezrerumd)

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰ-er-, from *h₁eǵʰ- (balk, border). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera (lake), Lithuanian ežià (boundary-strip), Latvian eža (balk), Russian яз (jaz, fish weir).

Noun

եզր (ezr)

  1. edge (of a cloth, ravine, city, etc.)
  2. shore (of a sea, river, etc.)
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Yałags harcʻman ew lucman 7:
      եւ երթեալ յեզր գետոյն, որու Ախուրեանն կոչեն
      ew ertʻeal yezr getoyn, oru Axureann kočʻen
      and I went to the shore of the river, which they call Axurean
  3. limit, term
  4. end
    եզր ունել, յեզր ելանելezr unel, yezr elanelto end, to terminate

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: եզր (ezr), եզերք (ezerkʻ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եզր”, 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) “եզր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899) “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 47 of 41–50
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 247
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եզր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy