ձմեռն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰim-er-n-, from *ǵʰey-. Related to ձիւն (jiwn, snow) and ձմեթ (jmetʻ). See also ձմերուկ (jmeruk).

Noun

ձմեռն (jmeṙn)

  1. winter
    խիստ ձմեռնxist jmeṙnvery severe or hard winter
    դժնդակ ձմեռնdžndak jmeṙnbitter winter
    տխուր ձմեռնtxur jmeṙngloomy winter
    ցուրտ ձմեռնcʻurt jmeṙncold winter
    չոր ձմեռնčʻor jmeṙndry winter
    անձրեւային ձմեռնanjrewayin jmeṙnrainy winter
    խոնաւ ձմեռնxonaw jmeṙndamp winter
    մեղմ ձմեռնmełm jmeṙnvery mild winter
    պտուղք ձմերանptułkʻ jmeranwinter fruits
    պաշար ձմերանpašar jmeranprovisions for winter
    հանդերձ ձմերանhanderj jmeranwinter clothing
    ի ձմերանi jmeranin winter; during the snowy or winter season
    անցեալ կամ այս ձմեռնancʻeal kam ays jmeṙnlast or this winter
    անցուցանել զձմեռն ի քաղաքի, ի գեղջancʻucʻanel zjmeṙn i kʻałakʻi, i gełǰto spend the winter in town, in the country
    ձմեռն առնուլ տնկոցjmeṙn aṙnul tnkocʻto winter, to suffer from the winter
    շնչեցին ձմերունքšnčʻecʻin jmerunkʻthe wintry winds blew
    զբազում ձմերանց հալեցին զսառնամանիսzbazum jmerancʻ halecʻin zsaṙnamanisthey have passed many hard winters
  2. snow storm
  3. (figuratively) affliction, trouble, grief

Usage notes

The word has two combining forms: ձմեռն- (jmeṙn-) and ձմեր- (jmer-). The compounds with ձմեռ- (jmeṙ-) and ձմերն- (jmern-) are misspellings.

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ձմեռ (jmeṙ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձմեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձմեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1620
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 435