Armenian

Adjective

ամուրի • ‎(amuri)

1. unmarried, single, celibate (usually of men)

Declension

Noun

ամուրի • ‎(amuri)

1. unmarried, single person, celibate (usually of men)
2. widowed man

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-putr-iyo-, composed of *n̥- ‎(“privative prefix”) and the root which yielded Sanskrit पुत्र ‎(putrá, “son”). Thus, a semantic development ‘without a child’ → ‘unmarried’ or ‘male without a legitimate child’ → ‘man without own family, unmarried’ is implied. This etymology is formally uncertain.

Classical attestations seem to point to a basic meaning ‘unmarried or widowed (woman)’ which leads Martirosyan to tentatively derive the word from Proto-Armenian *am(w)uiríya-, from *an-wir-íya- ‎(“husbandless”), composed of the privative suffix *an- (whence ան- ‎(an-)) and *wir- ‎(“man, husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Compare այրի ‎(ayri).

Adjective

ամուրի • ‎(amuri)

1. unmarried, single, widowed

   վիճակ ամուրեաց‎ ― vičak amureacʿ ― celibacy

2. (post-classical) wifeless

Declension

Noun

ամուրի • ‎(amuri)

1. unmarried woman

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: ամուրի ‎(amuri)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ամուրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ամուրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ամուրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “amuri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 53–54
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 79