երամ

Etymology

From Old Armenian երամ (eram); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [jɛˈɾɑm]

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Noun

երամ • (eram)

1. flock, flight (of birds)
2. swarm, bevy (of bees)
3. shoal, school (of fish)

Alternative forms

• րամ (ram) (poetic short form)

Etymology

From Parthian. Compare Manichaean Parthian rm (*ram, “flock”), Middle Persian lm (*ram, “herd, flock”), Manichaean Middle Persian rm (*ram, “flock”), Persian رم‎ (ram). Related to երամակ (eramak) and ռամ (ṙam).

Noun

երամ • (eram)

1. troop, flock, assembly, company (of people, animals, fish, etc.)

   երամ երամ ― eram eram ― in several troops, in company

   երամ թռչնոց ― eram tʿṙčʿnocʿ ― flight

   երամ hoտից, անդեայց ― eram hoticʿ, andeaycʿ ― flock, herd

2. (as an adjective) gathered, assembled

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “երամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8