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եղեռն

եղեռն

Armenian

Noun

եղեռն (ełeṙn)

  1. crime, evil deed
  2. (archaic) calamity, catastrophe, disaster
  3. (sometimes capitalized) Meds Yeghern
  4. (by extension) any massacre, slaughter

Declension

Synonyms

References

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

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan rejects the proposals to link with եղար (ełar, lamentation) and leaves the origin open. According to Pokorny, inherited from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃elh₁- (to destroy). This is accepted by Ałayan and J̌ahukyan.

Noun

եղեռն (ełeṙn)

  1. calamity, catastrophe, disaster
    եղեռն գտանելełeṙn gtanel ― to experience misfortune, losses; to risk, to be in danger

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • եղեռնագործ (ełeṙnagorc)
  • եղեռնագործութիւն (ełeṙnagorcutʿiwn)
  • եղեռնաթիւր (ełeṙnatʿiwr)
  • եղեռնալուր (ełeṙnalur)
  • եղեռնական (ełeṙnakan)
  • եղեռնահամ (ełeṙnaham)
  • եղեռնային (ełeṙnayin)
  • եղեռնաւոր (ełeṙnawor)
  • եղեռնութիւն (ełeṙnutʿiwn)
  • մեծեղեռն (mecełeṙn)

Descendants

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), եղեռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), եղեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), եղեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 17ab
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 17–18
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 121