տառ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tar"

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տառ (taṙ).

Pronunciation

Noun

տառ • (taṙ)

  1. letter (symbol in an alphabet)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From տարր (tarr), by merging two r-s together.

Noun

տառ • (taṙ)

  1. element
  2. letter, character
  3. letter, epistle
  4. book
    աստուածեղէն տառք ― astuacełēn taṙkʻ ― the Holy Scriptures
    մարգարէական տառք ― margarēakan taṙkʻ ― the prophecies
    տառք կանոնականք ― taṙkʻ kanonakankʻ ― canons, constitutions, statutes, written laws

Usage notes

In Old Armenian both տարր (tarr) and տառ (taṙ) had the meaning of (1) element and (2) letter. In modern literary Armenian the former is used only for element, the latter only for letter.

Declension

Derived terms

  • տառանամ (taṙanam)
  • տառատիպ (taṙatip)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: տառ (taṙ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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