թանձր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թանձր (tʿanjr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

թանձր (tʿanjr) (superlative ամենաթանձր)

  1. thick; dense
    թանձր մառախուղtʿanjr maṙaxułdense fog

Declension

Adverb

թանձր (tʿanjr)

  1. thickly, densely

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tn̥ǵʰu- (to become firm, curdle, thicken). Cognates include Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc-, to draw together, contract), Persian تنجیدن (tanjīdan, to squeeze), تنگ (tang, narrow), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬑𐬨𐬀 (taxma, brave, mighty), Lithuanian tankus (close, tight), German dicht and English tight. Related to թանկ (tʿank) and վտանգ (vtang), Iranian borrowings.

Adjective

թանձր (tʿanjr)

  1. thick, big, great; fat; dense; deep; coarse, gross; rude, clumsy, rough
    թանձր միտքtʿanjr mitkʿdull wit
    թանձր տգիտութիւնtʿanjr tgitutʿiwngross ignorance
    թանձր մարմինtʿanjr marminweighty, heavy; corpulent
    թանձր անտառtʿanjr antaṙdense wood
    թանձր մօրուքtʿanjr mōrukʿthick or bushy beard
    թանձր քունtʿanjr kʿundeep sleep
  2. (grammar) deep, flat, low (of sound)
  3. (music) barytone

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

թանձր (tʿanjr)

  1. in great quantity, thickly

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թանձր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թանձր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թանձր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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