թիւր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեւր (tʻewr)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. According to Petersson, from Proto-Indo-European *tēkro-, a derivative of *tek- (to weave), whence also թեքեմ (tʻekʻem, to fashion, forge, make).[1][2][3]

Adjective

թիւր • (tʻiwr)

  1. twisted, crooked, oblique, stunted
  2. erroneous, mistaken
  3. perverse, froward

Declension

Adverb

թիւր • (tʻiwr)

  1. wrongfully, awry, obliquely; crookedly
    թիւր մեկնել, խօսելtʻiwr meknel, xōselto interpret malignantly, to misconstrue; to preach a perverse doctrine

Derived terms

  • անթիւր (antʻiwr)
  • անթիւրելի (antʻiwreli)
  • բազմաթիւր (bazmatʻiwr)
  • եղեռնաթիւր (ełeṙnatʻiwr)
  • թիւրաբան (tʻiwraban)
  • թիւրագոյն (tʻiwragoyn)
  • թիւրածնունդ (tʻiwracnund)
  • թիւրակից (tʻiwrakicʻ)
  • թիւրահաւատ (tʻiwrahawat)
  • թիւրաշարժ (tʻiwrašarž)
  • թիւրաշունչ (tʻiwrašunčʻ)
  • թիւրաշուրթն (tʻiwrašurtʻn)
  • թիւրասիրտ (tʻiwrasirt)
  • թիւրեմ (tʻiwrem)
  • թիւրընթաց (tʻiwrəntʻacʻ)
  • թիւրութիւն (tʻiwrutʻiwn)
  • խեղաթիւր (xełatʻiwr)
  • խեղաթիւրիմ (xełatʻiwrim)
  • խեղաթիւրութիւն (xełatʻiwrutʻiwn)
  • չարաթիւր (čʻaratʻiwr)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: թոյր (tʻoyr)
  • Armenian: թյուր (tʻyur) (learned)

References

  1. Petersson, Herbert (1916) Baltisches und Slavisches (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 12. Nr. 2) (in German), Lund and Leipzig, page 77
  2. Walde, Alois (1930) Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 716
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “tek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 187–188
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թիւր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 268
  • 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, pages 63–64
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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