Definify.com

Definition 2024


անուրջ

անուրջ

Armenian

Noun

անուրջ (anurǰ)

  1. (literary) dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)
  2. dream (hope or wish), daydream, reverie

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nōr-yo-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄναρ (ónar), ὄνειρος (óneiros) and Albanian ëndërr. Perhaps related to ցնորք (cʿnorkʿ).

Noun

անուրջ (anurǰ)

  1. dream, day-dream
  2. prophetic vision, vision

Declension

Derived terms

  • անրջաբանեմ (anrǰabanem)
  • անրջական (anrǰakan)
  • անրջանամ (anrǰanam)
  • սուղանուրջ (sułanurǰ)

Usage notes

Classically the word was used in the plural: անուրջք (anurǰkʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անուրջք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անուրջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անուրջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 9
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anurǰ-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 98