մանր

Armenian

Alternative forms

• մանդր (mandr) — dialectal

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մանր (manr). The dialectal form is inherited.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

մանր • (manr) (superlative ամենամանր)

1. small, little, petty, minute; fine

   Synonym: փոքր (pʻokʻr)

   Antonyms: խոշոր (xošor), մեծ (mec)

   մանր դրամ ― manr dram ― small money, change

   մանր ավազ ― manr avaz ― fine sand

2. (figuratively) petty, unimportant; small-minded, pettifogging

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• մանտար (mantar) (misspelling)

Etymology

The stem is մանու- (manu-), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥(H)u-, from *men- (“small”), whence also մանուկ (manuk). Cognate with Ancient Greek (Hesychius) μάνυ (mánu, “small”), Old Irish menb (“small, tiny”) and Sanskrit मनाक् (manāk, “a little”).

Adjective

մանր • (manr)

1. small, minute, little, fine, subtile; slender, thin, slight

   մանունս ― manuns ― scantily, in small portions, minutely; in detail

Declension

Adverb

մանր • (manr)

1. scantily, in small portions, minutely; in detail

   մանր/մանր մանր հատանել, կոտորել ― manr/manr manr hatanel, kotorel ― to cut into small bits or pieces, to mince, to hash, to divide into morsels; to cut thin

   մանր փշրել ― manr pʻšrel ― to pound, to beat small, to triturate, to grind, to crush

   մանր պատմել, ասել ― manr patmel, asel ― to relate or narrate minutely, circumstantially

   մանր ժպտել ― manr žptel ― to smile

   մանր մանր ծամել ― manr manr camel ― to chew or masticate well, to chew the cud, to ruminate; (figuratively) to examine, to study, to ruminate on

   մանունս դրոշմել ― manuns drošmel ― to write or note down in detail

   մանր միտ դնել, ի քնին արկանել ― manr mit dnel, i kʻnin arkanel ― to ponder on, to consider or examine minutely, thoroughly

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: մանր (manr) (learned)
• > Middle Armenian: մանդր (mandr), մանտր (mantr) (inherited)
  • > Armenian: մանդր (mandr) (inherited)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մանր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մանր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մանր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 33
• 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 165
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 728
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 528
• Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9)‎ (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 353–354