ձրի

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձրի (jri).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ձրի (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitous
    Synonym: անվճար (anvčar)

Declension

Adverb

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ձրի (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitously

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed in Armenian as ձիր (jir) +‎ (-i) or inherited from Proto-Indo-European. For the semantics compare Latin gratis vs. gratia.

Noun

ձրի (jri)

  1. gift, present
  2. favor

Declension

Adverb

ձրի (jri)

  1. for nothing, gratis, free of cost, scot free, gratuitously
  2. in vain

Adjective

ձրի (jri)

  1. gratuitous, voluntary, free

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձրի (jri) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 434