կեռ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կեռ (keṙ).

Pronunciation

Noun

կեռ • (keṙ)

  1. curved, crooked

Declension

Noun

կեռ • (keṙ)

  1. hook, crook
    Synonym: (dialectal) չանգալ (čʻangal)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙean, related to կոր (kor), both of uncertain origin.[1][2] J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *ger-s-, from *ger- (to turn, wind) with a close cognate in Norwegian karra (to shrivel, wrinkle up, curl).[3]

Adjective

կեռ • (keṙ)

  1. curved, crooked

Noun

կեռ • (keṙ)

  1. hook, crook

Derived terms

  • կեռկեռ (keṙkeṙ)
  • կռածագ (kṙacag)
  • կռակտուց (kṙaktucʻ)
  • կռանամ (kṙanam)
  • կռաշուրթն (kṙašurtʻn)
  • կռապոզ (kṙapoz)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կեռ (keṙ)
    • Kurdish
      Northern Kurdish: kêr

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեռ”, 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, page 574a
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոր”, 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, page 644a
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կեռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 400b

Further reading

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