թիւր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեւր (tʿewr)

Etymology

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

Adjective

թիւր (tʿiwr)

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

Declension

Adverb

թիւր (tʿiwr)

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

Derived terms

  • անթիւր (antʿiwr)
  • անթիւրելի (antʿiwreli)
  • բազմաթիւր (bazmatʿiwr)
  • եղեռնաթիւր (ełeṙnatʿiwr)
  • թիւրաբան (tʿiwraban)
  • թիւրագոյն (tʿiwragoyn)
  • թիւրածնունդ (tʿiwracnund)
  • թիւրակից (tʿiwrakicʿ)
  • թիւրահաւատ (tʿiwrahawat)
  • թիւրաշարժ (tʿiwrašarž)
  • թիւրաշունչ (tʿiwrašunčʿ)
  • թիւրաշուրթն (tʿiwrašurtʿn)
  • թիւրասիրտ (tʿiwrasirt)
  • թիւրեմ (tʿiwrem)
  • թիւրընթաց (tʿiwrəntʿacʿ)
  • թիւրութիւն (tʿiwrutʿiwn)
  • խեղաթիւր (xełatʿiwr)
  • խեղաթիւրիմ (xełatʿiwrim)
  • խեղաթիւրութիւն (xełatʿiwrutʿiwn)
  • չարաթիւր (čʿaratʿiwr)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: թոյր (tʿoyr)
  • Armenian: թյուր (tʿyur) (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, pages 1058

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 187–188
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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, Matatʿeay (1879), թիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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