հայր

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Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հեր (her) (colloquial, dialectal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հայր (hayr). Doublet of հեր (her), an inherited form.

Pronunciation

Noun

հայր (hayr)

  1. father

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Armenian *hayir, from *hatir, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. See also հօր (hōr), հարբ (harb).

Noun

հայր (hayr)

  1. father
    հայր եւ մայրhayr ew mayrfather and mother, parents
    հարք մերharkʻ merour fathers, forefathers, ancestors
    որդի ի հօրէordi i hōrēfrom father to son
    իբրեւ զհայրibrew zhayrlike a fatherly, paternal
    ազնիւ, բարեգութ հայրazniw, baregutʻ hayrgood, tender father
    սիրտ, գութ, սէր հօրsirt, gutʻ, sēr hōrthe heart, tenderness, love of a father, paternal, fatherly affection
    սիրել, պատուել զհայր, զօրավիգն լինել հօրինsirel, patuel zhayr, zōravign linel hōrinto love, honour and succour one's father
    յաւելուլ առ հարսyawelul aṙ harsto go the way of all flesh, to go to kingdom come, to die
    ննջեաց ընդ հարս իւրnnǰeacʻ ənd hars iwrhe slept with his fathers
    հայր որդւովք բերկրեալhayr ordwovkʻ berkreala father happy in his children
    Հայր երկնաւոր, գթութեանHayr erknawor, gtʻutʻeanheavenly Father, God of mercy
    հայրն Յովսէփhayrn YovsēpʻSt.-Joseph
    հայր աշխարհիhayr ašxarhiAdam
    բարեյիշատակ հայրն Իսահակbareyišatak hayrn IsahakFather Isaac of blessed memory
    հայր մերhayr merthe Lord's prayer
  2. (figuratively) father, chief; founder; author, inventor
    հայր հայրենեացhayr hayreneacʻfather of his country
    հայր ժողովրդեանhayr žołovrdeanfather of the people
    հայր աղքատացhayr ałkʻatacʻfather of the poor
    քերթողաց հայրkʻertʻołacʻ hayrfather of Armenian literature, Moses of Khoren
    հայր պատմագրացhayr patmagracʻfather of history, Herodotus
    հայր մարդպետhayr mardpetmaster of eunuchs
  3. a title or form of address to a clergyman (priest, abbot, etc.)
    յարգոյ հայրyargoy hayrReverend Father
    հարք եկեղեցւոյharkʻ ekełecʻwoythe Fathers of the Church
    հարք միանձունքharkʻ mianjunkʻold anchorites
    հայր սուրբhayr surbholy father
    հայր խոստովանութեանhayr xostovanutʻeanconfessor
    հոգեւոր հայրhogewor hayrspiritual father

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: հայր- (hayr-), հօր- (hōr-), հարանց- (harancʻ-), յօր- (yōr-).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: > հեր (her) (inherited), հայր (hayr) (learned)
  • Middle Armenian: հօրու (hōru)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հայր”, 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) “հայր”, 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, pages 387, 389
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 34
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 387
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հայր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy