Armenian

Alternative forms

• մանդր ‎(mandr) (dialectal)

Adjective

մանր • ‎(manr) ‎(superlative ամենամանր)

1. small, little, petty, minute; fine

   մանր դրամ‎ ― manr dram ― small money, change

   մանր ավազ‎ ― manr avaz ― fine sand

2. (figuratively) petty, unimportant; small-minded, pettifogging

Declension

Synonyms

• (small): փոքր ‎(pʿokʿr)

Antonyms

• (small): խոշոր ‎(xošor), մեծ ‎(mec)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• մանդր ‎(mandr), մանտր ‎(mantr) (dialectal)
• մանտար ‎(mantar) (misspelling)

Etymology

The stem is մանու- ‎(manu-), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥(H)u-, from *men- ‎(“small”), whence also մանուկ ‎(manuk). Cognate with Ancient Greek (Hesychius) μάνυ ‎(mánu, “small”), Old Irish menb ‎(“small, tiny”) and Sanskrit मनाक् ‎(manāk, “a little”).

Adjective

մանր • ‎(manr)

1. small, minute, little, fine, subtile; slender, thin, slight

   մանունս‎ ― manuns ― scantily, in small portions, minutely; in detail

Declension

Adverb

մանր • ‎(manr)

1. scantily, in small portions, minutely; in detail

   մանր/մանր մանր հատանել, կոտորել‎ ― manr/manr manr hatanel, kotorel ― to cut into small bits or pieces, to mince, to hash, to divide into morsels; to cut thin

   մանր փշրել‎ ― manr pʿšrel ― to pound, to beat small, to triturate, to grind, to crush

   մանր պատմել, ասել‎ ― manr patmel, asel ― to relate or narrate minutely, circumstantially

   մանր ժպտել‎ ― manr žptel ― to smile

   մանր մանր ծամել‎ ― manr manr camel ― to chew or masticate well, to chew the cud, to ruminate; (figuratively) to examine, to study, to ruminate on

   մանունս դրոշմել‎ ― manuns drošmel ― to write or note down in detail

   մանր միտ դնել, ի քնին արկանել‎ ― manr mit dnel, i kʿnin arkanel ― to ponder on, to consider or examine minutely, thoroughly

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մանր ‎(manr)
  • Kurdish: مندار ‎(mendār)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մանր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մանր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մանր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
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• Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9) (in German), Vienna: Mechitharisten, pages 353–354