մարի

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մարի (mari), from Old Armenian մարի (mari), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

Noun

մարի • (mari)

  1. hen, female chicken
    Synonym: հավ (hav)
  2. the female of any bird
  3. (dialectal, Karabakh) sow, female pig

Declension

Descendants

  • → Turkish: meri (“female partridge”)
  • → Northern Kurdish: marî (“female partridge”)
  • → Zazaki: mari (“female partridge”)

Further reading

  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “մարի”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մարի (mari), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Noun

մարի • (mari)

  1. female bird, hen
  2. female bee

Descendants

  • Armenian: մարի (mari)
    • → Turkish: meri (“female partridge”)
    • → Northern Kurdish: marî (“female partridge”)
    • → Zazaki: mari (“female partridge”)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 453
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “մարի”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“young boy, girl”). Cognates include Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (“young man”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young girl”), Latin marītus (“husband”), Lithuanian marti (“daughter-in-law”), Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn (“girl”), Proto-Brythonic *merx (“girl”).

Noun

մարի • (mari)

  1. female bird, hen

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: մարի (mari)
    • Armenian: մարի (mari)
      • → Turkish: meri (“female partridge”)
      • → Northern Kurdish: marî (“female partridge”)
      • → Zazaki: mari (“female partridge”)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 106
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 453
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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