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Reconstruction:Old Armenian/հուռ-

See also: հուռ
 This Old Armenian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sōr-s-, from *ser- (“bind”).

Adjective

*հուռ- • (*huṙ-)

  1. probably gilded, adorned by gems, linked together in a series, encrusted, embroidered or the like

Usage notes

The meaning “hem of a skirt, lap”, reconstructed by Ačaṙean and Aṙjeṙn baṙaran, is probably wrong.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Armenian: հուռ (huṙ)

References
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 426
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “հուռն”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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