որս

Alternative forms

• հորս (hors) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Armenian որս (ors).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [vɔɾs]

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Noun

որս • (ors)

1. hunt, hunting, catching, chase
2. game
3. catch, take, prey

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *porḱos (“fishing”), with the only surviving cognate being Ancient Greek πόρκος (pórkos, “fishing net”). The sense of “fishing” must have become more general in Armenian. Dialectal հորս (hors) still preserves the initial *p-.

Noun

որս • (ors)

1. chase, hunting, hunt, sport

   զբօսանք որսոյ ― zbōsankʿ orsoy ― field-sports

   եղանակ որսոյ ― ełanak orsoy ― shooting-season

   այր հմուտ որսոյ ― ayr hmut orsoy ― skilful hunter, a good sportsman, a mighty huntsman

   որս ձկանց ― ors jkancʿ ― fishing, fishery

   որս թռչնոց ― ors tʿṙčʿnocʿ ― shooting, fowling

   որս աղուեսուց ― ors ałuesucʿ ― fox-hunting

   որս վագերց ― ors vagercʿ ― tiger-hunting

   որս հեծանել ― ors hecanel ― to go a hunting or shooting

   յորս ածել ― yors acel ― to shoot wild beasts

2. prey; venison, game

   պահապան որսոյ ― pahapan orsoy ― game-keeper

3. bait, lure

References

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