< Reconstruction:Old Armenian
Reconstruction:Old Armenian/հուռ-
See also: հուռ
Old Armenian
Etymology
According to Martirosyan possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sōr-s-, from *ser- (“bind”).
Adjective
*հուռ- • (*huṙ-)
- probably gilded, adorned by gems, linked together in a series, encrusted, embroidered or the like
Usage notes
The meaning “hem of a skirt, lap”, reconstructed by Ačaṙean and Aṙjeṙn baṙaran, is probably wrong.
Derived terms
- մարգարտահուռն (margartahuṙn)
- ոսկեհուռ (oskehuṙ)
- ոսկեհուռազարդ (oskehuṙazard)
- ոսկեհուռն (oskehuṙn)
- ոսկեհուռնակապ (oskehuṙnakap)
Descendants
- Armenian: հուռ (huṙ)
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 426
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “հուռն”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy