ոլոռն

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely borrowed from a substrate source, possibly Urartian, and related to Ancient Greek ὄλυρα (ólura), Arabic خُلَّر (ḵullar). See the latter for more.

Noun

ոլոռն (oloṙn)

  1. pea
    պատիճ կամ կեղեւ ոլեռանpatič kam kełew oleṙanpeascod
    նմանք են միմեանց իբր հատք ոլոռանցnmankʻ en mimeancʻ ibr hatkʻ oloṙancʻthey are as like as two peas
  2. (figuratively) large drop (of sweat, tears)
    ոլոռն ոլոռնoloṙn oloṙndrop by drop
  3. globules formed in curdled milk
  4. one grain of hail
  5. a kind of woodworm

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ոլոռ (oloṙ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոլոռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 551ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոլոռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (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, page 526
  • Mkrtčjan, N. A. (1983) “Субстратные названия растений в армянском языке”, in Древний Восток (in Russian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 31–32
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոլոռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy