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որմ

որմ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վորմ (vorm) (reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940)

Noun

որմ (orm)

  1. (dated) wall

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sor-mo-, from *ser-. The closest cognate is Ancient Greek ὅρμος (hórmos).

Noun

որմ (orm)

  1. wall, fence
    քանդել զորմkʿandel zorm ― to unwall, to dismantle

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), որմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), որմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), որմ”, 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 493