մոր

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key):
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian մոր (mor).

Alternative forms

• մոռ (moṙ) — dialectal

Noun

մոր • (mor)

1. blackberry (the fruit)
2. raspberry (the fruit of Rubus idaeus)

   Synonym: ազնվամորի (aznvamori)

3. wild strawberry (the fruit of Fragaria vesca)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “մոր”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian մօր (mōr).

Alternative forms

• մօր (mōr) — traditional orthography

Noun

մոր • (mor)

1. (dated) swamp, marsh

   Synonym: ճահիճ (čahič)

Declension

References

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “մոր”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Middle Armenian

Noun

մոր • (mor)

1. Alternative form of մորմ (morm)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Similar words are found in Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages: Ancient Greek μόρον (móron, “black mulberry; blackberry”); Latin mōrum (“mulberry; blackberry”); Welsh merwydden (“mulberry; blackberry”), Old Irish smér (“blackberry”); Hittite (mu-uri-uš, “grape”); Chechen муьрг (mürg, “guelder rose”); Ossetian муркъӕ (murk’æ, “guelder rose”); Lezgi мере (mere, “blackberry”); Georgian მარწყვი (marc̣q̇vi, “wild strawberry”); Azerbaijani moruq (“raspberry”); Proto-Finno-Ugric *mërja (“berry”). The interrelationship of these is unclear.

Possibly related to Middle Armenian մոշ (moš, “blackberry”), if from earlier *mor-s-.

Noun

մոր • (mor)

1. blackberry (the fruit of bramble)

Declension

Derived terms

• մորենի (moreni)

Descendants

• Armenian: մոր (mor)
• ⇒ Middle Armenian: մորմ (morm), մորի (mori)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մորի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 33–34
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 72, 588
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 474
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mer(ʔ)V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 804f
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy