ձոր

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձոր (jor).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձոր (jor)

  1. gorge, ravine; canyon

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoworo-, from *ǵʰowero-, from *ǵʰew- (to pour), with a semantic development ‘to pour, spill, gush’ → ‘bed of torrential stream, ravine’.

Alternatively, and less likely, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoh₁ro- (gap, empty space), whence Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros), Tocharian B kāre (pit, hole).

Noun

ձոր (jor)

  1. valley, ravine
  2. bed of a torrent

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձոր (jor)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 438