-անօր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

-անաւր (-anawr)

Etymology

J̌ahukyan considers the origin uncertain.^[1]

Almost certainly an Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (TMH /⁠anōδ⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (TME /⁠ānōh, *ānōy⁠/), 𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫆 (ʾnwẖ /⁠anōh⁠/, “there”), 𐫀𐫇𐫏 (ʾwy /⁠ōy⁠/, “there”), Parthian [script needed] (TMH /⁠ōδ⁠/), 𐫀𐫇𐫇𐫅 (ʾwwd /⁠ōδ⁠/, “there”).

Suffix

-անօր • (-anōr)

Found in a few adverbs indicating location.

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -անօր

References

^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անաւր”, 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

Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, pages 35a, 65a
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, pages 49a, 71b, 75b

[1] J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անաւր”, 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

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