տխուր

Inherited from Old Armenian տխուր (txur).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /təˈχuɾ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /dəˈχuɾ/,
• Hyphenation: տը‧խուր

տխուր • (txur) (superlative ամենատխուր)

1. sad, melancholy, sorrowful

   տխուր երգ ― txur erg ― sad song

2. sad, cheerless, doleful, dismal

• տխրություն (txrutʻyun)

տխուր • (txur)

1. sadly, sorrowfully

Unknown.^[1][2] The usual attempts to explain as տ- (t-, privative prefix) +‎ *խուր (*xur), the supposed root of ուրախ (urax), խրախ (xrax, “happy”),^{[3][4][5][6][7]} should be discarded as the likely Iranian etymon of these words is incompatible with a hypothetical *խուր (*xur).^[8] Pisani's alternative connection with Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkhá, “sorrow”) and derivation from Proto-Indo-European *duskhuro-^[9] is likewise untenable.^[10]

տխուր • (txur)

1. sad

   տխուր տրտմութիւն գիշերոյն ― txur trtmutʻiwn gišeroyn ― the thick darkness of the night

   լրջացուցանել զտխուր գիշերն ― lrǰacʻucʻanel ztxur gišern ― to dispel that horrible darkness

• Armenian: տխուր (txur)

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