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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian հնար (hnar).
Pronunciation
Noun
հնար • (hnar)
- means, way; possibility
- հնար չէ ― hnar čʻē ― it is not possible
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. See Persian هنر (honar) for more.
Noun
հնար • (hnar)
- means, way; method
- հնարք պատերազմի ― hnarkʻ paterazmi ― stratagem
- հնարք հայթայթանաց ― hnarkʻ haytʻaytʻanacʻ ― remedy, means, way
- հնարք բժշկութեան ― hnarkʻ bžškutʻean ― remedy, cure, medicament, medicine, physic
- չարարուեստ, չարիմաց, ճարտարիմաց, խորամանկ հնարք ― čʻararuest, čʻarimacʻ, čartarimacʻ, xoramank hnarkʻ ― artfulness, craft, shuffling, artifice, cunning, dodge, intrigue, wiles and shifts
- հնարիւք, հնարիւք իմն ― hnariwkʻ, hnariwkʻ imn ― by means of, artfully, craftfully, cunningly
- հնարս հնարել, խորհել, իմանալ, ի հնարս հայթայթանաց մտանել ― hnars hnarel, xorhel, imanal, i hnars haytʻaytʻanacʻ mtanel ― to bethink oneself of a device or expedient, to tax one's ingenuity, to contrive, to adopt or employ means to
- հնարել ումեք հնարս ― hnarel umekʻ hnars ― to deceive, to cheat, to dwindle, to defraud; to plot, to machinate
- իմանալ զամենայն հնարս ― imanal zamenayn hnars ― to be fertile in expedients
- յանհնար հնարս մտանել ― yanhnar hnars mtanel ― to be wavering, irresolute, to vacillate, to hesitate; to know not which way to turn oneself
- զամենայն հանրս հնարել, ի զանազան հնարս մտանել ― zamenayn hanrs hnarel, i zanazan hnars mtanel ― to bend all one's mind to, to task all one's powers of ingenuity and application, to do one's utmost, to use one's utmost endeavours, to do all or any thing one can, to strive with might and main, to try every art, to leave nothing untried, to leave no stone unturned, to move heaven and earth
- որպէսի հնարս եւ իմանայցէ ոք ― orpēsi hnars ew imanaycʻē okʻ ― whatever artifice one may employ
- բիւր ազգի ազգի հնարս հնարէր ― biwr azgi azgi hnars hnarēr ― he used a thousand stratagems
- հնարիւք իմն ուղղեցի ― hnariwkʻ imn ułłecʻi ― I found means to rectify
- հնար է, հնար ինչ իցէ ― hnar ē, hnar inčʻ icʻē ― it is possible, it can be done, it may be
- չէ հնար, չիք հնար, չիք ինչ հնար ― čʻē hnar, čʻikʻ hnar, čʻikʻ inčʻ hnar ― it is impossible, it can't be; it is done
- եթէ գոյր հնար ― etʻē goyr hnar ― if it were possible
- որքան հնար է ― orkʻan hnar ē ― as much as possible, as much as one can
- հնար էր նմա ― hnar ēr nma ― he could have done it
- որ հնարդ ես անհնարից ― or hnard es anhnaricʻ ― Thou, to whom nothing is impossible
5th century,
Bible,
Epistle to the Ephesians 6.11:
- Եւ զգեցարուք զսպառազինութիւնն Աստուածոյ, զի կարող լինիջիք կալ ընդդէմ հնարից Սատանայի։
- Ew zgecʻarukʻ zspaṙazinutʻiwnn Astuacoy, zi karoł liniǰikʻ kal ənddēm hnaricʻ Satanayi.
- Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Usage notes
Often used in the plural հնարք (hnarkʻ).
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հնար”, 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 104–105
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “հնար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 106ab
- 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 891
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հնար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 409b