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Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Armenian ծայր (cayr).
Pronunciation
Noun
ծայր • (cayr)
- tip, end
- գրչի ծայր ― grčʻi cayr ― tip of the pen
- border, edge; brim; brink
- top, summit
- beginning
- (slang, vulgar) penis; the head of the penis, helmet, knob, (glans penis)
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Old Georgian წუერი (c̣ueri) and Old Armenian սայր (sayr).
Noun
ծայր • (cayr)
- end, extremity
- ծայր ի ծայր, ծայրիւ եւ ծայրիւ ― cayr i cayr, cayriw ew cayriw ― from beginning to end, from one extremity to the other; to the full; punctually
- քաղել զսաղմոսն ծայր ի ծայր ― kʻałel zsałmosn cayr i cayr ― to recite the whole psalter
- ի ծայրն հասանել ― i cayrn hasanel ― to reach or attain the maximum
- ծայրիւք աչաց ― cayriwkʻ ačʻacʻ ― glancing slyly at
- ծայրիւք ականջաց լսել ― cayriwkʻ akanǰacʻ lsel ― to listen furtively, to eavesdrop
- border, edge
- (figuratively) summit, head, top of mountains or hills
- (figuratively) ray of the newly risen sun
- (figuratively) the utmost pitch, the highest degree
- (figuratively) the best part of something
- (figuratively) overmeasure, excess
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծայր”, 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, pages 442–443
- ^ 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 959
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծայր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 358–359
- ^ Марр, Н. (1910) “Яфетический k̇ в армянском языке [Japhetic k̇ in Armenian]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества (in Russian), volume 19 (1909), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 158 of 154–159
- ^ Ġapʻancʻyan, Gr. (1927) “Hneabanakan” mi kʻani mnacʻordner hayerenum, Stugabanutʻyunner – “aṙiwc”, “morm”, “xlēz” [Some "paleontological" remains in Armenian; Etymologies – “aṙiwc”, “morm”, “xlēz”] (in Armenian), Yerevan: tp. Haypoligrafhrati № 2, page 28
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1950) “Hayastani ayl bnikneri ew Kovkaseanneri azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray [The influence of other natives of Armenia and Caucasians on Armenian]”, in Sion (in Armenian), number 5, Jerusalem: St. James Armenian Printing House, page 162b
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 598
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1990) “Hayereni anhayt cagman baṙarmatnerə [The Armenian Word Roots of Unknown Origin]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), number 2, page 67
- ^ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, pages 109–110
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծայր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծայր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy