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թիւր

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. According to Petersson, from Proto-Indo-European *tēkro-, a derivative of *tek- (to weave), whence also թեքեմ (tʻekʻem, to fashion, forge, make).[1][2][3]

Adjective

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թիւր (tʻiwr)

  1. twisted, crooked, oblique, stunted
  2. erroneous, mistaken
  3. perverse, froward

Declension

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Adverb

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թիւր (tʻiwr)

  1. wrongfully, awry, obliquely; crookedly
    թիւր մեկնել, խօսելtʻiwr meknel, xōselto interpret malignantly, to misconstrue; to preach a perverse doctrine

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: թոյր (tʻoyr)
  • Armenian: թյուր (tʻyur) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) Baltisches und Slavisches (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 12. Nr. 2) (in German), Lund and Leipzig, page 77
  2. ^ Walde, Alois (1930) Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 716
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “tek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 187–188
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թիւր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 268
  • 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, pages 63–64
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy