ուռն

ուռն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pōr-, the lengthened o-grade of the root *per- (“to beat, hit”), whence հար- (har-), the aorist stem of հարկանեմ (harkanem, “to beat”), and in the same relation to it as կուռն (kuṙn) to կրեմ (krem), բուռն (buṙn) to բերեմ (berem), դուրգն (durgn) to դառնամ (daṙnam).[1][2]

See Old Georgian უროჲ (uroy) for the Caucasian parallels.

Noun

ուռն • (uṙn)

1. hammer

   Synonyms: կռան (kṙan), մուրճ (murč)

   • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 115:[3][4]

     Եւ ետ հրաման արկանել կապիճս երկաթիս ի ծունկս նորա, և վարել ուռունս ստուարս, և բառնալ ի կախաղան՝ մինչև յօշեսցին ծունկք նորա անդէն։ ԵՒ կաց կախեալ այնպէս զերիս աւուրս։

     Ew et hraman arkanel kapičs erkatʿis i cunks nora, ew varel uṙuns stuars, ew baṙnal i kaxałan, minčʿew yōšescʿin cunkkʿ nora andēn. EW kacʿ kaxeal aynpēs zeris awurs.

     • Translation by R. W. Thomson

       And he commanded iron leggings to be put on his knees, and that he be struck with heavy hammers and be suspended on the gibbet until his knees were broken. And he stayed hanging thus for three days.

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ուռն (uṙn)		ուռունք (uṙunkʿ)
genitive	ուռան (uṙan)		ուռանց (uṙancʿ)
dative	ուռան (uṙan)		ուռանց (uṙancʿ)
accusative	ուռն (uṙn)		ուռունս (uṙuns)
ablative	ուռանէ (uṙanē)		ուռանց (uṙancʿ)
instrumental	ուռամբ (uṙamb)		ուռամբք (uṙambkʿ)
locative	ուռան (uṙan)		ուռունս (uṙuns)

Derived terms

• ուռնադղորդ (uṙnadłord)
• ուռնած (uṙnac)
• ուռնաձեւ (uṙnajew)
• Ուռնայր (Uṙnayr)
• ուռնացեալ (uṙnacʿeal)
• ուռնաւոր (uṙnawor)

 

Descendants

• Armenian: → ուռ (uṙ) (semi-learned), > (Karabakh) օ՛ռնը (ṓṙnə) (inherited)
• >? Middle Armenian: վռ- (vṙ-)
  • ⇒ Armenian: վռվել (vṙvel)

References

1. Létoublon, Françoise; Lamberterie, Charles de (1980), “La roue tourne”, in Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes‎ (in French), volume 54, pages 315, 317
2. Clackson, James (1994) The linguistic relationship between Armenian and Greek (Publications of the Philological Society; 30), Oxford, Cambridge: Blackwell, page 226, footnote 146
3. Agatʿangełos (1909), G. Tēr-Mkrtčʿean and St. Kanayeancʿ, editors, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʿ hayocʿ; I.2)‎, Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʿakan Martiroseancʿi, page 67
4. Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians‎, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, page 127

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 609a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 607a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ուռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 751b, identifies with ուռ (uṙ, “branch”) and derives from Proto-Indo-European
• 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 956
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy