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Armenian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The regular development of Old Armenian հայր (hayr) in dialects. Doublet of հայր (hayr), a learned borrowing from Old Armenian.
Noun
հեր • (her)
- (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of հայր (hayr)
Declension
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From Old Armenian էր (ēr).
Pronoun
հեր • (her)
- (interrogative pronoun, dialectal) why
Հե՞ր քրիստոնյա չես- He?r kʻristonya čʻes
- Why are you not a Christian?
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հեր (her).
Noun
հեր • (her) (dated)
- hair (on one's head)
Declension
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singular (singulare tantum)
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| nominative
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հեր (her)
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| dative
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հերի (heri)
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| ablative
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հերից (hericʻ)
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| instrumental
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հերով (herov)
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| locative
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հերում (herum)
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definite forms
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| nominative
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հերը/հերն (herə/hern)
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| dative
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հերին (herin)
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1st person possessive forms (my)
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| nominative
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հերս (hers)
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| dative
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հերիս (heris)
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| ablative
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հերիցս (hericʻs)
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| instrumental
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հերովս (herovs)
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| locative
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հերումս (herums)
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2nd person possessive forms (your)
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| nominative
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հերդ (herd)
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| dative
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հերիդ (herid)
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| ablative
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հերիցդ (hericʻd)
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| instrumental
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հերովդ (herovd)
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| locative
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հերումդ (herumd)
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Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown. The similarity to Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”) is accidental.
Noun
հեր • (her)
- hair (on one's head)
- Synonyms: մազ (maz), վարս (vars), գէս (gēs), ծամ (cam)
Declension
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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հեր (her)
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| genitive
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հերոյ (heroy)
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| dative
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հերոյ (heroy)
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| accusative
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հեր (her)
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| ablative
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հերոյ (heroy)
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| instrumental
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հերով (herov)
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| locative
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հեր (her)
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: հեր (her), հերք (herkʻ) (learned)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հեր”, 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 84–85
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Holst, Jan Henrik (2009) Armenische Studien (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 135, connects with Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) and derives from *pter- (“feather”)
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հեր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 458a
- Kocharov, Petr (2018) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Armenian group (Indo-European family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database, 36. HAIR
- Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “հեր”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
- 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 941
- Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 99, connects with Lithuanian pùrė, Russian топы́рить (topýritʹ), топо́рщить (topórščitʹ), and derives from Proto-Indo-European *per-o-
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 33, connects with Sanskrit पर्ष (parṣá)