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ձրի

ձրի

Armenian

Adjective

ձրի (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitous

Declension

Synonyms

Adverb

ձրի (jri)

  1. (informal) free (of charge), gratuitously

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed in Armenian as ձիր (jir) + (-i) or inherited from Proto-Indo-European. For the semantics compare Latin gratis vs. gratia.

Noun

ձրի (jri)

  1. gift, present
  2. favor

Declension

Adverb

ձրի (jri)

  1. for nothing, gratis, free of cost, scot free, gratuitously
  2. in vain

Adjective

ձրի (jri)

  1. gratuitous, voluntary, free

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ձրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ձրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ձիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 434