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տարի

տարի

Armenian

Noun

տարի (tari)

  1. year
    այս տարիays tari ― this year

Declension

Synonyms

  • (archaic) ամ (am)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Ačaṙean rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.

J̌ahukyan 1987 derives from Akkadian [script needed] (dārītu(m), perpetuity, eternity), which is related to Egyptian tr (time, season) and the Semitic source of դար (dar), but in 2010 considers the connection doubtful.

Olsen remarks that the word has no accepted etymology and tentatively adduces Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, hand's breadth, palm, as a measure of length), δάριν (dárin, span), implying a common origin for the Armenian and Greek words with a semantic development in Armenian like the one found in English “span of time”.

Noun

տարի (tari)

  1. year
    պարականոն տարիparakanon tari ― embolismic year
    տարւոջէ ի տարի, տարւոյ տարւոյ, տարւոյ տարիtarwoǰē i tari, tarwoy tarwoy, tarwoy tari ― annually, yearly, year by year, every year
    ի տարւոջi tarwoǰ ― in the year; per annum, a year

Declension

Synonyms

Usage notes

According to Ačaṙean, տարի (tari) was used for one year, ամ (am) for multiple years.

Derived terms

  • տարեմուտ (taremut)
  • տարեւոր (tarewor)
  • տարեւորական (tareworakan)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), տարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), տարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), տարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 385–386
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 30
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 460
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), տարի”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 724ab
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “dārītu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 57a
  • 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, page 442