նոր

Inherited from Old Armenian նոր (nor).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /noɾ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /noɾ/,

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նոր • (nor) (superlative ամենանոր)

1. new; fresh

   Synonym: թազա (tʻaza) (colloquial, dialectal)

   Antonym: հին (hin)

   նոր գիրք ― nor girkʻ ― new book

   նոր մեքենա ― nor mekʻena ― new car

Also functions as a prefix with the meaning neo-, e.g. նորդասականություն (nordasakanutʻyun, “neoclassicism”).

նոր • (nor)

1. just, just now; not long ago, recently

   ես իրեն նոր տեսա ― es iren nor tesa ― I just saw him

   նրանք նոր գնացին ― nrankʻ nor gnacʻin ― they just left

նոր • (nor)

1. (colloquial) then

   Synonyms: հետո (heto), ապա (apa)

From Proto-Indo-European *nowr̥ós, from *newr̥ós, from *néwos. Closest cognates are Ancient Greek νεαρός (nearós, “young”) and Latin noverca (“stepmother, new mother”).

նոր • (nor)

1. new, fresh, young

   նոր ոմն Ղեւոնդիոս ― nor omn Łewondios ― like a second Leontius

   ամիս նորոց ― amis norocʻ ― the month of first fruits

2. novel, recent, modern

   ի նորումն/նորումս ― i norumn/norums ― at present; under the new dispensation, according to the Christian law; now, in the present age

3. strange, extraordinary, curious

   նոր ինչ ― nor inčʻ ― curiosity

4. inexperienced, unpracticed, new, raw

նոր • (nor)

1. newly, lately, freshly, recently

   նոր նորոգող բնութեան մերոյ ― nor norogoł bnutʻean meroy ― the Renewer of our nature

• Armenian: նոր (nor)

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press