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զինուոր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From *զէնոււոր (*zēnuwor), from զէն (zēn) +‎ -ւոր (-wor). Note, that զէն (zēn) is an u-stem noun.

Noun

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զինուոր (zinuor)

  1. militiaman, warrior, soldier
    իբրեւ զզինուորibrew zzinuorin a military manner
    զինուոր սոսկականzinuor soskakanprivate or common soldier
    հետեւակ զինուորhetewak zinuorfoot-soldier
    հեծեալ զինուորheceal zinuorhorse-solder

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: զինվոր (zinvor)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զինուոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զինուոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւոր”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48