Armenian

Noun

լուր • ‎(lur)

1. (piece of) news; report; information; tidings

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱl(o)u-ro-, from *ḱlew- ‎(“to hear”). This roots fills the part of conjugation of լսեմ ‎(lsem, “I hear”); see it for more.

Noun

լուր • ‎(lur)

1. hearing, audition

   Աստուած ամենայնիւ լուր է‎ ― Astuac amenayniw lur ē ― the all-hearing God

   զխուլս ի լուր առնել‎ ― zxuls i lur aṙnel ― to cause the deaf to hear

   լուր դնել‎ ― lur dnel ― to listen; to hear

   լուր ի ականջաց լսել‎ ― lur i akanǰacʿ lsel ― to hear with one's own ears

2. audience
3. news, account, report, relation

   լուր չարեաց‎ ― lur čʿareacʿ ― bad news, ill news

   լուր առնել‎ ― lur aṙnel ― to warn, to avert; to acquaint; to announce

   լուր լինել‎ ― lur linel ― to he heard; to be announced

   լուր լինել առ ոք‎ ― lur linel aṙ okʿ ― to come to one's knowledge

4. hearsay, rumour

   ի լրոյ‎ ― i lroy ― by hear-say, by current report

5. renown, fame

   ելանել լրոյ ուրուք‎ ― elanel lroy urukʿ ― to spread one's fame

6. discourse, sermon
7. obedience
8. noise that wakes or rouses
9. sound, voice, cry

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: լուր ‎(lur)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Adjective

լուր • ‎(lur)

1. only
2. simple, without ornament

   լուր օր — workday

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լսեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 322