մրուր

Etymology

From Old Armenian մրուր (mrur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈɾuɾ]

Noun

մրուր • (mrur)

1. sediment, lees

Etymology

Formed by partly reduplicating մուր (mur).

Noun

մրուր • (mrur)

1. dregs, lees, remains, grounds, sediment, dross, faeces, residuum

   մրուր գինւոյ ― mrur ginwoy ― tartar

   մրուր իւղոյ ― mrur iwłoy ― dregs, lees of oil

   մրուր մաղձային ― mrur małjayin ― biliary calculus

   մրուր միզական փամփշտի ― mrur mizakan pʿampʿšti ― stones in the bladder, urinary calculi

   մաքրել զմրուր ― makʿrel zmrur ― to refine, to clarify, to purify

   մրուր տալ ― mrur tal ― to cause great grief or pain, to cause to suffer; to throw a slur or stigma on, to affront, to traduce, to slight, to revile, to injure

2. slime, mire, mud, ooze
3. turbidity of air, whirlwind

References

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