Armenian

Noun

մուր • ‎(mur)

1. soot
2. (figuratively) disrespect

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *muHtro-, from *mewH- ‎(“to make wet, wash”) with Sanskrit मूत्र ‎(mūtra, “urine”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(mūθra-, “excrement, filth”), Middle Low German modder ‎(“silt”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras ‎(“mud”), Old Armenian մօր ‎(mōr, “swamp, marsh”), etc. as cognates. But Martirosyan connects մուր ‎(mur, “soot”), մօր ‎(mōr, “swamp, marsh”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras ‎(“mud”) and prefers a European substrate origin for them, comparing especially Czech mour ‎(“coal dust, soot”).

Noun

մուր • ‎(mur)

1. soot
2. ink
3. (post-classical, adjectival) black, dark, miserable

   սեաւ եւ մուր‎ ― seaw ew mur ― miserable, wretched

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մուր ‎(mur)
• Georgian: მური ‎(muri)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180