բուրդ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բուրդ (burd).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /buɾtʰ/, [buɾtʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /puɾt/, [pʰuɾtʰ]

• Audio (Eastern Armenian):

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Noun

բուրդ • (burd)

1. wool
2. (dialectal) chicken feather

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	բուրդ (burd)	բրդեր (brder)
dative	բրդի (brdi)	բրդերի (brderi)
ablative	բրդից (brdicʻ)	բրդերից (brdericʻ)
instrumental	բրդով (brdov)	բրդերով (brderov)
locative	բրդում (brdum)	բրդերում (brderum)
	definite forms
nominative	բուրդը/բուրդն (burdə/burdn)	բրդերը/բրդերն (brderə/brdern)
dative	բրդին (brdin)	բրդերին (brderin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	բուրդս (burds)	բրդերս (brders)
dative	բրդիս (brdis)	բրդերիս (brderis)
ablative	բրդիցս (brdicʻs)	բրդերիցս (brdericʻs)
instrumental	բրդովս (brdovs)	բրդերովս (brderovs)
locative	բրդումս (brdums)	բրդերումս (brderums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	բուրդդ (burdd)	բրդերդ (brderd)
dative	բրդիդ (brdid)	բրդերիդ (brderid)
ablative	բրդիցդ (brdicʻd)	բրդերիցդ (brdericʻd)
instrumental	բրդովդ (brdovd)	բրդերովդ (brderovd)
locative	բրդումդ (brdumd)	բրդերումդ (brderumd)

Synonyms

• ասր (asr), գեղմ (geġm)

Derived terms

• բրդալի (brdali)
• բրդակալել (brdakalel)
• բրդաճանճ (brdačanč)
• բրդաջուր (brdaǰur)
• բրդոտ (brdot)
• բրդոտել (brdotel)
• բուրդիկ (burdik)
• բուրդձաղկիչ (burdjaġkičʻ)

Descendants

• → Avar: буртина (burtina)
• → Northern Kurdish: pûrt

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the root *բուրդ- (*burd-, “to cut”) of բրդեմ (brdem, “to cut to pieces”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōrdʰ-; see the former for more. The word originally had a broader meaning “something cut out, extracted”. Compare the Georgian borrowing ბურდო (burdo, “chaff”), which preserves the o-stem of Armenian, as well as its older meaning. For the semantic development compare կտուրք (kturkʻ, “fleece”) from կտրեմ (ktrem, “to cut”).

Noun

բուրդ • (burd)

1. wool

Declension

o-type

	singular	plural
nominative	բուրդ (burd)	բուրդք (burdkʻ)
genitive	բրդոյ (brdoy)	բրդոց (brdocʻ)
dative	բրդոյ (brdoy)	բրդոց (brdocʻ)
accusative	բուրդ (burd)	բուրդս (burds)
ablative	բրդոյ (brdoy)	բրդոց (brdocʻ)
instrumental	բրդով (brdov)	բրդովք (brdovkʻ)
locative	բուրդ (burd)	բուրդս (burds)

Derived terms

• անբրդաբեր (anbrdaber)
• բրդագզեալ (brdagzeal)
• բրդագործութիւն (brdagorcutʻiwn)
• բրդազգեաց (brdazgeacʻ)
• բրդգզեալ (brdgzeal)
• բրդեայ (brdeay)
• բրդեղ (brdeł)
• բրդեղէն (brdełēn)
• բրդոռ (brdoṙ)
• գռզաբուրդ (gṙzaburd)

Related terms

• բրդեմ (brdem)

Descendants

• Armenian: բուրդ (burd)
  • → Avar: буртина (burtina)
  • → Northern Kurdish: pûrt
• → Arabic: بُرْد (burd)
• → Georgian: ბურდო (burdo), ბურდი (burdi)
  • → Mingrelian: ბურდი (burdi)
  • → Svan: ბურდა̈ლ (burdäl), ბირდუ̂ (birdû)

Further reading

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բուրդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բուրդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բուրդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 7, number 1/2, pages 191–194
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎^[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 56-57