պորտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian պորտ (port).

Pronunciation

Noun

պորտ (port)

  1. navel
  2. (by extension) belly
  3. (figuratively) generation, descent

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Proto-Slavic *bedro (thigh) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *bod-ro-, from *bed- (to swell (?)), but the meanings do not match.[1][2][3][4]

Noun

պորտ (port)

  1. navel
    պորտ ի վեր, պորտ յորսայսport i ver, port yorsayssupinely, with one's face upward
  2. (by extension) belly
    պորտոյ ծառայportoy caṙayslave to one's belly, gourmand, greedy-gut
    Synonyms: որովայն (orovayn), փոր (pʿor)
  3. (figuratively) middle, centre
  4. (figuratively, architecture) keystone of an arch
  5. (figuratively) generation, descent

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պորտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 101
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
  3. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 942
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), պորտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 642

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), պորտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 660a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պորտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 617a
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