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դիւր

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown.[1][2][3] The same root is found as the second component of classical Old Armenian անդորր (andorr), անդոյր (andoyr).[1] For the relationship of the senses "flat" and "easy" compare հեշտ (hešt, easy) and dialectal հեշտրան (heštran, flat; calm, easy).[1]

Noun

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դիւր (diwr)

  1. plain; flat ground
    ի դիւրի, ի դիւրոջi diwri, i diwroǰin a plain
  2. ease; contentment; convenience
    դիւր առնելdiwr aṙnelto facilitate; to relieve; to give convenience
    ըստ անձին / ըստ մտոց դիւրիəst anjin / əst mtocʻ diwriat his ease, as he likes

Declension

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Adjective

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դիւր (diwr)

  1. flat, level
  2. easy, convenient; pleasant
    ի դիւրի, ի դիւրոջ լինելi diwri, i diwroǰ linelto live comfortably

Declension

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Adverb

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դիւր (diwr)

  1. easily

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 671–672
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 962
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “դիւր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 200a

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “դիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 629bc
  • Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “դիւր”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 374a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 145b