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Old Armenian
- չորս (čʻors) (the accusative form, post-classically adopted as nominative)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
Numeral
չորք • (čʻorkʻ) pl
- four
- չորք անգամ ― čʻorkʻ angam ― four times
- ի չորս գնալ ― i čʻors gnal ― to go upon all fours
- բարձեալ ի չորից ― barjeal i čʻoricʻ ― borne by four men
- որ օր չորք էին ամսոյն ― or ōr čʻorkʻ ēin amsoyn ― on the fourth, on the fourth of the month
Usage notes
The word has the following combining forms: չոր- (čʻor-), չորեք- (čʻorekʻ-), չորք- (čʻorkʻ-), չորս- (čʻors-).
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References
- Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չորք”, 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) “չորք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չորք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy