չոր

From Old Armenian չոր (čʻor).

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

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չոր • (čʻor) (superlative ամենաչոր)

1. dry

   չոր գլուխ ― čʻor glux ― having no close family or relatives, to be free from family responsibilities, to be alone

   չոր դուրս գալ՝ դուրս պրծնել ― čʻor durs gal, durs prcnel ― to get away innocent even though one is guilty, to be free from accountability

   չոր հաց ― čʻor hacʻ ― 1) bread with nothing on it, empty sandwich; 2) extremely poor means of living

   չորն էլ թացի հետ այրել ― čʻorn ēl tʻacʻi het ayrel ― to punish the innocent alongside the guilty, to fail to differentiate between the innocent and the guilty

   չորն էլ թացի հետ այրվել ― čʻorn ēl tʻacʻi het ayrvel ― to have the innocent punished alongside the guilty

   չոր չոփ ― čʻor čʻopʻ ― 1) very thin; 2) stark naked

   չոր տախտակ դառնալ ― čʻor taxtak daṙnal ― to become very thin, to become emaciated

   չոր տափի վրա թողնել ― čʻor tapʻi vra tʻoġnel ― to make destitute, to deprive of all livelihood

   չոր տափի վրա մնալ ― čʻor tapʻi vra mnal ― to be made destitute, to be deprived of all livelihood

   չոր ու ցամաք ― čʻor u cʻamakʻ ― 1) extremely thin, emaciated; 2) poor, lifeless, dull

   չոր քարին գնալիս՝ չոր քարն էլ կանաչի ― čʻor kʻarin gnalis, čʻor kʻarn ēl kanačʻi ― (blessing) may the dry rock you walk towards also turn green

   չոր ուղեղ ― čʻor uġeġ ― cold, indifferent judgment

2. arid
3. waterless, rainless
4. parched, desiccated, dehydrated
5. dried-up, withered
6. hard, firm, tough
7. thin, lean, slender
8. poor, impoverished
9. hoarse, husky, grating
10. rude, coarse

From Proto-Indo-European *ksoro-, from *kseros (“dry”). Doublet of չիր (čʻir) from another ablaut grade. Cognate with Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós) and perhaps Sanskrit क्षार (kṣāra, “caustic, biting, corrosive, acrid, pungent, saline”).

չոր • (čʻor)

1. dry

   չոր հաց ― čʻor hacʻ ― dry bread

   չոր ճաշակել ― čʻor čašakel ― to fast on lenten diet

   չոր թթու ― čʻor tʻtʻu ― pickled turnips to cook for winter use

2. (figuratively) rough

   չոր մսուր ― čʻor msur ― rough, uncomfortable crib

չոր • (čʻor)

1. only, simply, just

• Armenian: չոր (čʻor)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 546