թոռն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tor-no-, grown from the o-grade of the root *ter-. Among the cognates compare especially Sanskrit तर्ण (tarṇa, young animal, calf) and Lithuanian tar̃nas (servant).

Noun

թոռն (tʻoṙn)

  1. grandson, granddaughter, grandchild
    թոռունք/թոռանց թոռունքtʻoṙunkʻ/tʻoṙancʻ tʻoṙunkʻdescendants, children's children, progeny, race, lineage, family

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: թոռ (tʻoṙ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թոռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թոռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թոռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 198
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “²ter-, teru-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1070
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 153
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թոռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 272
  • 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 124