մօր

The original spelling is մաւր (mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂trós, dialectal genitive of *méh₂tēr.

• մաւր (mawr)

մօր • (mōr)

1. genitive singular of մայր (mayr)
2. dative singular of մայր (mayr)
3. locative singular of մայր (mayr)

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 447–449

The original spelling is մաւր (mawr). Usually connected with Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras and derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mewH- (“to make wet, wash”). However, Martirosyan links մաւր (mawr), մուր (mur, “soot”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras and prefers a European substrate origin for them. An alternative etymology derives մաւր (mawr) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”), but this is less likely. Nevertheless, a conflation of these two etyma in Armenian is possible. For -ատ (-at), found in the forms with a dental suffixal element, Martirosyan compares the pair արմն (armn) : արմատ (armat). See also Murat.

• մաւր (mawr)
• մուր (mur), մուռ (muṙ) (post-classical)
• մօրատ (mōrat), մաւրատ (mawrat), մուրատ (murat), մորօտ (morōt), մուրտ (murt) (forms with a dental suffixal element)

մօր • (mōr)

1. mud, marsh, swamp

   մօրք տղմացեալք ― mōrkʻ tłmacʻealkʻ ― silted marshes

2. (post-Classical, adjectival) marshy

• Armenian: մոր (mor)
• Middle Armenian: մօրատ (mōrat), մօրոտ (mōrot), մորուտ (morut), մուրոտ (murot), մօրտ (mōrt), մորտ (mort), մուրօտ (murōt)
  • Armenian: մորուտ (morut)
• Turkish: Murat (possibly)
  • English: Murat

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2009) “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎, volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180