բեռն

See also: Բեռն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerno-, grown from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”); cognates include Ancient Greek φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”), φόρτος (phórtos, “burden”), Albanian barrë, Sanskrit भर (bhára, “burden”), Persian بار‎ (bâr, “burden”), German Bürde.[1][2]

Noun

բեռն • (beṙn)

  1. burden, load, weight
  2. cargo; bale
  3. duty

Declension

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Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բեռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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