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անթայր

անթայր

Armenian

Noun

անթայր (antʿayr)

  1. (dated) anthrax

Declension

References

  • Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), անթայր”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Etymology

Martirosyan reconstructs *անթարի (*antʿari) and connects the word with Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, charcoal) as Mediterranean substrate words. See also անթեղ (antʿeł).

Noun

անթայր (antʿayr)

  1. spark
  2. anthrax

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*ant‘a(y)r-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 85
  • Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), անթայր”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), անթայր”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անթայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935