համար

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See also: համառ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian համար (hamar, number). The sense "for" is attested already in Old Armenian ի համար (i hamar), ի համարի (i hamari, for, on account of). The sense "room" is a semantic loan from Russian но́мер (nómer).

Pronunciation

Postposition

համար (hamar)

  1. for
    ինձ համարinj hamarfor me
  2. for the sake of
  3. in order to

Noun

համար (hamar)

  1. number
  2. size (of clothes or shoes)
  3. issue (of a newspaper or a magazine)
  4. room (in a hotel)
  5. (dated) judgement, reckoning, examination, account
  6. (dialectal) lesson
    Synonym: դաս (das)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (ʾmʾl /⁠āmār⁠/, reckoning, consideration), Persian همار (hamâr, number, quantity, measure), آمار (âmâr, numeration, calculation). For further origin see Old Persian *hammārakarah. Old Georgian ჰამარი (hamari) is borrowed from the same source, possibly via Armenian.

Noun

համար (hamar)

  1. number, sum
    Synonym: թիւ (tʻiw)
    հանել թիւ համարոյhanel tʻiw hamaroyto draw or cast lots
    թուով համարով էր ամենայնtʻuov hamarov ēr amenaynall was counted
  2. numbering, reckoning, estimation
    Synonym: հաշիւ (hašiw)
    ի համար ածել, արկանել, դնելi hamar acel, arkanel, dnelto count, to calculate, to compare
    մտանել ի համարmtanel i hamarto be reckoned, numbered, esteemed among
    համար դնել ընդ ումեքhamar dnel ənd umekʻto dispute
    համարովք թուոց կատարեալhamarovkʻ tʻuocʻ katareala clever arithmetician
  3. judgement, reckoning, examination, account
    Synonyms: քննութիւն (kʻnnutʻiwn), վճիռ (včiṙ)
    համար առնուլ, պահանջելhamar aṙnul, pahanǰelto ask for an account of, to require one to account for
    համար առնելhamar aṙnelto find out an explication of, to examine; to take or draw up an inventory of; to take stock
    համար տալhamar talto render an account; to give a reason; to be responsible, to account for
    համար առնուլ ի մէջ ծառայից իւրոցhamar aṙnul i mēǰ caṙayicʻ iwrocʻto make an account with his servants
    տուր զհամար տնտեսութեան քոtur zhamar tntesutʻean kʻogive an account of thy stewardship
  4. esteem, respect, regard, consideration
    Synonym: վարկ (vark)
    ի համար, ի համարիi hamar, i hamarifor, on account of
    ընդ մի համարənd mi hamarsame, same thing
    ընդ մի համարənd mi hamarsame, same thing
    ի համարի լինելi hamari linelto be counted as, to pass for, to be reputed, esteemed
    ընդ մարդկան կալ ի համարիənd mardkan kal i hamarito be taken for a man
    ոչ եղեւ ի համարի բան իմočʻ ełew i hamari ban imno attention was paid to my words
    չէ ինչ ի համարիčʻē inčʻ i hamariit is unimportant; no matter
  5. lesson
    համար առնուլhamar aṙnulto take lessons
    գիտել, ուսանել, ասել զհամարնgitel, usanel, asel zhamarnto know, to learn, to say or repeat one's lesson

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: համար (hamar)
  • ? Old Georgian: ჰამარი (hamari) (or directly from Iranian)

References

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 178
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 21–22
  3. ^ 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 889

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “համար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “համար”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy