վայր

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վայր (vayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

վայր (vayr)

  1. place, location, locality
    Synonym: տեղ (teġ)

Declension

Adverb

վայր (vayr)

  1. down
    վայր դնելvayr dnelto put down

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. According to Olsen, perhaps borrowed from an Iranian word of the form *vāiδa or *vaiδa, from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ-, whence Sanskrit विधु (vidhú, lonely, solitary), Proto-Celtic *wēdus (wild) (note Old Armenian վայրենի (vayreni, wild)). See also վայրապար (vayrapar).

Has also been compared to Northern Kurdish war (encampment, abode; stopping place, halting place; homeland, native land; native place), Middle Persian (wl /⁠war⁠/, shelter, enclosure), Sanskrit वर (vára, circumference, space, room).

Noun

վայր (vayr)

  1. open and uninhabited land, wild country
    գազանք վայրիgazankʻ vayriwild beasts
    մեղր ի վայրէmełr i vayrēwild honey
    ի վայրի բնակելi vayri bnakelto live in the open air, in camp
  2. (by extension) any place, spot, space, locale
    յայսմ վայրիyaysm vayrihere, in this place; now
    յայնմ վայրիyaynm vayrithere, in that same or very place; then
    մինչեւ ցայս վայրminčʻew cʻays vayrthus far, to this place; until now
    յոր վայրyor vayrin which place, wherever
    յայլում վայրիyaylum vayrisomewhere else, in another place
    անհուն վայրքanhun vayrkʻimmense, vast spaces
    վայրս հատանելvayrs hatanelto go a long way
    զվայրօք գալzvayrōkʻ galto go around, round about, to go here and there
    զվայրօք ածել զաչսzvayrōkʻ acel začʻsto look round about
    ի մի վայր գալi mi vayr galto assemble, to resort to one place
    ցո՞ր վայր նեղութեանց հասի եսcʻo?r vayr nełutʻeancʻ hasi esto what trouble have I brought myself!
    ցայդ վայրcʻayd vayrso far, as far as that, to that place, there
    ցոր վայրcʻor vayrwhere, whither
    ցո՞ր վայրcʻo?r vayrhow far?
  3. (by extension) a short span of time
    վայր մի, առ վայր միvayr mi, aṙ vayr mia short time, a moment, an instant, a little
  4. ground; bottom
    ի վայրi vayrbelow, under, beneath
    ընդ վայրənd vayrin vain, vainly, uselessly
    ի վերուստ մինչեւ ի վայրi verust minčʻew i vayrfrom top to bottom; from head to foot
    ընդ վայր հարկանելənd vayr harkanelto abandon, to forsake, to cast off, to desert
    ի վայր հարկանել, արկանելi vayr harkanel, arkanelto disparage, to sneer at, to defame, to slander
    ի վայր շարժելi vayr šarželto beat down, to overthrow
    զաչս ի վայր արկեալzačʻs i vayr arkeallooking down, with one's eyes cast or bent down

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: վայր (vayr), վար (var), վեր (ver)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վայր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  3. ^ 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 908
  4. ^ Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 429
  5. ^ Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 42
  6. ^ Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 438
  7. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “war”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 640a

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վայր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վայր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy