մայրի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian մայրի (mayri).

Noun

մայրի • (mayri)

  1. (archaic) woods, forest
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From մայր (mayr, cedar) + (-i, botanical suffix).

Noun

մայրի • (mayri)

  1. cedar
Declension

References

  • մայրի”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ter-yeh₂-, a derivative of *méh₂tēr (mother), in the sense of “source”. Cognate with Latin materia and Old Armenian մայր (mayr, cedar). The sense of “den, lair” developed from the sense “woods as dwelling-place for beasts”.

Noun

մայրի • (mayri)

  1. woods, forest, thicket
  2. den, lair

Declension

Derived terms

  • թանձրամայրի (tʻanjramayri)
  • թաւամայրի (tʻawamayri)
  • մայրեպան (mayrepan)
  • մայրեւոր (mayrewor)
  • մայրեւորութիւն (mayreworutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մայրի (mayri), միրհավ (mirhav)
  • Middle Armenian, մէրի (mēri)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մայրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մայրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մայրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 449
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