Armenian

Noun

սոր • ‎(sor)

1. hole, bore, opening, orifice, mouth
2. cave, cavern
3. den, lair, burrow, nest of an animal (built in a hole)

Declension

Etymology 2

From սորալ ‎(soral, “to leak, flow”).

Noun

սոր • ‎(sor)

1. the act of leaking, flowing

   սոր տալ‎ ― sor tal ― (of flour) to pour from under the millstone; (of bees) to pour out from the beehive

2. (archaic) pebbles brought in by floods

Declension

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “սոր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱouH-r-o-. The closest cognates are Ancient Greek κύαρ ‎(kúar, “hole”) and Latin caverna. Other cognates include Ancient Greek κῶος ‎(kôos, “caves, dens”), κοῖλος ‎(koîlos, “hollow”), Latin cava ‎(“a hollow”), cavo ‎(“to dig”), cavus ‎(“hollow, excavated”), Persian سوراخ ‎(sūrāx, “hole, orifice”), etc.

Noun

սոր • ‎(sor)

1. hole, bore, opening, orifice, mouth
2. cave, cavern
3. den, lair, burrow, nest of an animal (built in a hole)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: սոր ‎(sor)
• Georgian: სორო ‎(soro)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935