վառոդ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- վառօդ (vaṙōd) – traditional orthography spelling
Etymology
According to Ačaṙyan, a reshaping of բարութ (barutʿ) by a popular etymology as վառ (vaṙ, “burning”) + օդ (ōd, “air”).[1] Spelled վարօդ (varōd), վառօդ (vaṙōd) in HHB (1769)[2], վառօթ (vaṙōtʿ) in Girkʿ hrašicʿ (1772)[3] and վարօդ (varōd) in Banali gitutʿean (1788)[4][5].
Pronunciation
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɑˈrɔtʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɑˈɾɔtʰ]
Noun
վառոդ • (vaṙod)
- gunpowder
Usage notes
Colloquially Russian по́рох (pórox) is often used instead.
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | վառոդ (vaṙod) | |||
| dative | վառոդի (vaṙodi) | |||
| ablative | վառոդից (vaṙodicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | վառոդով (vaṙodov) | |||
| locative | վառոդում (vaṙodum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | վառոդը/վառոդն (vaṙodə/vaṙodn) | |||
| dative | վառոդին (vaṙodin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | վառոդս (vaṙods) | |||
| dative | վառոդիս (vaṙodis) | |||
| ablative | վառոդիցս (vaṙodicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | վառոդովս (vaṙodovs) | |||
| locative | վառոդումս (vaṙodums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | վառոդդ (vaṙodd) | |||
| dative | վառոդիդ (vaṙodid) | |||
| ablative | վառոդիցդ (vaṙodicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | վառոդովդ (vaṙodovd) | |||
| locative | վառոդումդ (vaṙodumd) | |||
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բարութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ananean, Mkrtičʿ (1769), “պարութ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʿ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537a
- https://books.google.am/books?id=48I-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA587
- Sarafean, Kłēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʿean [Key of Knowledge] (in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 201
- Sarafean, Kłēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʿean [Key of Knowledge] (in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 38