շնորհ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շնորհ (šnorh).

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

շնորհ • (šnorh)

1. grace, kindness, favour
2. (Christianity) grace

The final -հ (-h) is not pronounced.

• շնորհակալություն (šnorhakalutʻyun)
• շնորհալի (šnorhali)
• շնորհել (šnorhel)
• շնորհակալ (šnorhakal)
• Շնորհոքյան (Šnorhokʻyan)

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian šnwhl (šnōhr, “gratitude, contentment”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫙𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫍𐫡 (ʿšnwhr /⁠išnōhr⁠/, “grace; gratitude”), Manichaean Parthian 𐫙𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫍𐫡 (ʿšnwhr /⁠išnōhr⁠/, “grace; gratitude”), Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xṣ̌naoθra, “satisfaction”).

շնորհ • (šnorh)

1. grace, favour; benefit, gift, something given freely

   ի շնորհս, առ շնորհս ― i šnorhs, aṙ šnorhs ― for, in favour of; by favour

   ի նորա շնորհս, շնորհս նմա առնելով ― i nora šnorhs, šnorhs nma aṙnelov ― to please him, to do him the favour, to oblige him

   ի շնորհս երեսաց քոց ― i šnorhs eresacʻ kʻocʻ ― thanks to you; in your behalf, for you

   շնորհիւ Տեառն, թագաւոր... ― šnorhiw Teaṙn, tʻagawor... ― by the grace of God, king...

   շնորհս առնել ումեք ― šnorhs aṙnel umekʻ ― to favour, to gratify; to befriend, to forgive, to excuse, to remit

   շնորհս գտանել առաջի ուրուք / առաջի աչաց ուրուք ― šnorhs gtanel aṙaǰi urukʻ / aṙaǰi ačʻacʻ urukʻ ― to find favour in the sight of any one, to find grace or favour with, to win the good graces of, to please, to be liked

   զրկել ի շնորհաց ― zrkel i šnorhacʻ ― to disfavour, to disgrace

   ընդ շնորհս ինչ տալ ― ənd šnorhs inčʻ tal ― to discharge an obligation as if doing a favour

   շնորհաց տալ ― šnorhacʻ tal ― to give gratuitously

   շնորհս գտանել ― šnorhs gtanel ― to be in favour or in the good graces of, to please

   լի շնորհօք ― li šnorhōkʻ ― most graceful

   շնորհ արա ― šnorh ara ― pray, do me the pleasure

2. (Christianity) divine grace

   մեռանել ի շնորհս ― meṙanel i šnorhs ― to die in a state of grace, in odour of sanctity

3. gracefulness, charm, beauty; agreeableness, pleasing or graceful manners
4. thanks, gratitude

   շնորհ ունիմ քեզ ― šnorh unim kʻez ― thanks, I thank you, much obliged to you

   շնորհս արկանել ― šnorhs arkanel ― to be grateful, to acknowledge

   շնորհ / շնորհս ունել, շնորհս մատուցանել ― šnorh / šnorhs unel, šnorhs matucʻanel ― to thank, to return thanks, to be thankful to

In Middle Armenian has the combining form շնոհ- (šnoh-), as in շնոհւոր (šnohwor).

• Middle Armenian: շնոր (šnor), շնորք (šnorkʻ)
• Armenian: → շնորհ (šnorh) (learned), > շնորհք (šnorhkʻ) (inherited), → շնորհիվ (šnorhiv) (learned)
• →? Georgian: შნო (šno)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շնորհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 526—527
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շնորհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• 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 899
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շնորհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy