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Armenian
Etymology
Possibly from Ottoman Turkish مر (murr, “bitterness”) and related to մռու (mṙu).
Pronunciation
Noun
մուռ • (muṙ)
- (dialectal) revenge; malice, spite
- Synonyms: քեն (kʻen), վրեժ (vrež)
- մուռը հանել ― muṙə hanel ― to take revenge
- մուռ պահել ― muṙ pahel ― to harbour malice, resentment
Declension
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “մուռ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 797a
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մուռ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 95ab
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably a rhyme-formation from լուռ (luṙ); compare լուռ-մուռ (luṙ-muṙ, “silent, silently”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European sound-symbolic *mū- and related to մունջ (munǰ).
Adjective
մուռ • (muṙ)
- mute, silent
- լուռ-մուռ, լուռ մուռ ― luṙ-muṙ, luṙ muṙ ― silent, silently
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մուռ”, 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) “լուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 486, 487
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy